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He did as he had commanded him. And having overtaken them, he spoke to them the same words.

And they answered: Why doth our lord speak so, as though thy servants had committed so heinous a fact?

The money, that we found in the top of our sacks, we brought back to thee from the land of Chanaan: how then should it be that we should steal out of thy lord's house, gold or silver?

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When he caught up with them, he repeated these words to them. But they said to him, “Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants(A) to do anything like that!(B) We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan(C) the silver(D) we found inside the mouths of our sacks.(E) So why would we steal(F) silver or gold from your master’s house?

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