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Genesis 42:21

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They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”

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Genesis 42:21 in other translations

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

Genesis 42:21 · American Standard Version

Genesis 42:21 in context

  1. 19If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.
  2. 20Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.”
    They did so.
  3. 21They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”
  4. 22Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”
  5. 23They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.