Genesis 42:29

When the brothers got back to their home in Canaan, they told their father Jacob everything that had happened to them.

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In The King James Version

And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

In Context

28He called out to his brothers and said, “Hey, the money I paid for this food is here in the top of my bag.” And all the brothers were very frightened. They said, “What is going on. Why is God doing this to us?”

30They said, “The boss of Egypt said hard words to us. He said that we were spies and were finding out about his country.

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Cross References

Genesis 44:24So we went home and told our father what you said.

Genesis 45:26They said to their father, “Joseph is alive, and he is the boss over all of Egypt.” Jacob was shocked and did not believe them.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:22-29

Reflections of Joseph's Brethren. ( b. c. 1706.) 21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. 23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. 24 And… Read the whole commentary →

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