Quotes about Brothers

But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.

We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’

As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.

So the men took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

The man did as Joseph had commanded and took the brothers to Joseph’s house.

But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”

We have brought additional silver with us to buy food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.”

Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.

When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.

They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.

Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.

When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.