Genesis 42:29

Simeon Is Held Hostage

29 When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying,

Genesis 42:29 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 42:29

And they came unto Jacob their father, unto the land of
Canaan
Without being pursued and fetched back, or retarded in their journey as they might fear: and told him all that befell unto them;
chiefly what befell them while in Egypt: saying,
as follows.

Genesis 42:29 In-Context

27 As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

28 Then he said to his brothers, "My money has been returned, and behold, it is even in my sack." And their hearts sank, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"

29 When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying,

30 "The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

31 "But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies.