Behold! The silver which we found in the mouth of our sacks, we returned to you from the land of Canaan. And how should we steal silver or gold from the house of your lord?
And they said each man to his brother, We are truly guilty because of our brother whom we saw in distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we did not hear. So this distress has come to us.
And it happened. They were emptying their sacks, and, behold, each one’s bundle of silver was in his sack; and they saw the bundles of their silver, and they were afraid.
And the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph’s house. And they said, Because of the silver that was returned in our sacks before, we are being brought in, to throw himself on us and to fall on us, and to take us and our asses for slaves.
For, “Do not commit adultery,” “do not murder,” “do not steal,” do not bear false witness, “do not covet,” Ex. 20:13-15, 17 and if there is any other commandment, in this Word it is summed up, in the words, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Lev. 19:18