²⁹ After some time they arrived back in Canaan. They went to their father, Jacob. They told him everything that had happened to them. ³⁰ They said, ‘We met the man who is lord over Egypt. He spoke strong words to us. He thought that we were enemies who had come to find a way to attack Egypt. ³¹ But we said to him, “We are honest men. We are not your enemies.