Genesis 44:6 (BSB)

When the steward overtook them, he relayed these words to them.

From Genesis 44. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Genesis 44:6

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Genesis 44:1-17: Joseph heaps further kindnesses upon his brethren, fills their sacks, returns their money, and sends them away full of gladness; but he also exercises them with further trials. Our God thus humbles those whom he loves and loads with benefits.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Genesis 44:6: And he overtook them,.... Their asses being laden with corn could not travel very fast, and he and his attendants being mounted on swift horses: and he spake unto them these same words; that Joseph had ordered him to say, and so what follows particularly, Gen 44:10.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Genesis 44:6: he overtook them, and he spake . . . these words--The steward's words must have come upon them like a thunderbolt, and one of their most predominant feelings must have been the humiliating and galling sense of being made so often objects of suspicion. Protesting their innocence, they invited a search. The challenge was accepted [Gen 44:10-11].
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Genesis 44:3-6: Gen 44:3-6 Then as soon as it was light (אור, 3rd pers. perf. in o: Ges. §72, 1), they were sent away with their asses. But they were hardly outside the town, “not far off,” when he directed his steward to follow the men, and as soon as he overtook them, to say, “Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?