وَقَالَ لِفِتْيَـٰنِهِ ٱجْعَلُوا۟ بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْ فِى رِحَالِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَهَآ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ٦٢
And [Joseph] said to his servants, "Put their merchandise into their saddlebags so they might recognize it when they have gone back to their people that perhaps they will [again] return."
وَقَالَ لِفِتْيَانِهِAnd (Yusuf) told his servants, (or his slaves),اجْعَلُواْ بِضَاعَتَهُمْto put their money,or the merchandise they brought with them to exchange for food,فِي رِحَالِهِمْinto their bags,while they were unaware,لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَهَا إِذَا انقَلَبُواْ إِلَى أَهْلِهِمْso that they might know it when they go back to their people;لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَin order that they might come again.It was said that Yusuf did this because he feared that his brothers might not have any more merchandise they could bring with them to exchange for food
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