Genesis 42:25-28

Joseph restored his brothers’ money to them out of the goodness of his heart. His gracious act would satisfy their needs but also cause them to search their souls further as they contemplated the implications of their good fortune. When they first discovered the money in one of their sacks, they regarded what God was doing to them as divine punishment (Genesis 42:28). This is the first time in the story that the brothers mentioned God. Their aroused consciences saw God at work behind what they were experiencing (cf. Genesis 42:21-22).

"’Silver, money’ (keseph) is mentioned twenty times (Genesis 42:25 to Genesis 45:22). In the first scene of Acts 1 [Genesis 37:2-36], the brothers put a total of twenty pieces of silver before a brother (Genesis 37:28). Now they put their brother over a fortune in silver. As might be expected in an act about family reconciliation [Genesis 42:1 to Genesis 46:27], other key words are ’brother’ (ca. 50x) and ’father’ (ca. 40x)." [Note: Waltke, Genesis, pp. 541-42.]