¹² Take double the amount^(A) of silver with you, for you must return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks.^(B) Perhaps it was a mistake. ¹³ Take your brother also and go back to the man at once.^{(C) 14} And may God Almighty^[a](D) grant you mercy^(E) before the man so that he will let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you.^(F) As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”^(G)

²⁰ Then Jacob made a vow,^(A) saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me^(B) on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear^(C)

²⁸ Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work,^(A) doing something useful with their own hands,^(B) that they may have something to share with those in need.^(C)

¹¹ We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.^{(A) 12} Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ^(B) to settle down and earn the food they eat.^(C)

⁶ Do not be anxious about anything,^(A) but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.^(B)