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They loaded the grain on their donkeys and left there.
Genesis 42:26 Meaning and Commentary
Genesis 42:26
And they laded their asses with the corn Cattle very fit to carry burdens, and no doubt they had each of them one at least: and departed thence; from the place where Joseph was, and from the land of Egypt.
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He turned away from them and began to weep, but then came back and spoke to them again. He had Simeon taken from them and bound before their eyes.
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Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to put each man’s silver back in his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. After this was done for them,
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they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.
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At the place where they stopped for the night one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of his sack.
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“My silver has been returned,” he said to his brothers. “Here it is in my sack.” Their hearts sank and they turned to each other trembling and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
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S Genesis 32:15; Genesis 44:13; Genesis 45:17; 1 Samuel 25:18; Isaiah 30:6