“Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?”
We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found inside the mouths of our sacks. So why would we steal silver or gold from your master's house? The argument from character — we returned what we found — is the brothers' best argument: our recent behavior demonstrates our honesty. The application: the appeal to demonstrated honesty as evidence against a current false charge is the legitimate use of track record.
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