Genesis 42:28

their heart failed them J's account, as we see in Genesis 43:21, must originally have represented the opening of all the sacks, and the finding of all the money, at the "lodging place." As, however, in E this general discovery is not made until their return to their father, J's narrative is here restricted to the experience of one of the brethren, and to the consternation it produced amongst them.

God hath done They are conscious (1) that the thing is mysterious; (2) that they might be accused of robbery; (3) that their secret guiltiness is somehow being visited by a Power which knew all.