And when we came to the lodging place we opened our sacks, and there was each man's money in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. So we have brought it again with us,
Take double the money with you. Carry back with you the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight.
having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
So the men took this present, and they took double the money with them, and Benjamin. They arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack. He said to his brothers, “My money has been put back; here it is in the mouth of my sack!” At this their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?” When they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying, “The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us and took us to be spies of the land. But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies.
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