And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
The men were afraid. Their feelings of awe on entering the stately mansion, unaccustomed as they were to houses at all-their anxiety at the reasons of their being taken there-their solicitude about the restored money-their honest simplicity in communicating their distress to the steward, and his assurance of having received their money in "full weight" - the offering of their fruit present, which would, as usual, be done with some parade, and the Oriental salutations that passed between their host and them, are all described in a graphic and animated manner.