Genesis 42:29

29 And they came to Jacob, their father, in the land of Canaan, and told to him all things that befelled to them, and said,

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 and when the sack of one of them was opened that he should give meat to the work beast in the inn, he beheld the money in the mouth of the bag, (and at an inn, when one of them opened his sack to give some food to his work beast, he beheld the money in the mouth of the bag,)

28 and he said to his brethren, My money is yielded (again) to me, lo! it is had in the bag (lo! it is here in the bag); and they were astonished, and troubled, and said together, What thing is this that God hath done to us?

29 And they came to Jacob, their father, in the land of Canaan, and told to him all things that befelled to them, and said,

30 The lord of the land spake hard to us, and guessed that we were spyers of the province; (The lord of the land spoke harshly to us, and said that we went there to spy out his land;)

31 to whom we answered, We be peaceable (We be honest men), neither we purpose any treasons;