Genesis 43:16-18

New American Standard Bible 1995

Joseph Sees Benjamin

¹⁶ When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to his ^(A)house steward, “Bring the men into the house, and slay an animal and make ready; for the men are to dine with me at noon.” ¹⁷ So the man did as Joseph said, and ^[a]brought the men to Joseph’s house. ¹⁸ Now the men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph’s house; and they said, “It is because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time that we are being brought in, that he may ^[b]seek occasion against us and fall upon us, and take us for slaves with our donkeys.”