[2804] Judging on their precedent with Joseph (عليه السلام) and knowing all too well that his son who would not commit such a vile deed as stealing, Jacob (عليه السلام), understandably, suspected foul play (cf. Ibn ʿAṭiyyah, Ibn ʿĀshūr).
[2805] Intending his three missing sons (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Saʿdī).