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Genesis 42:24

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He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

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Genesis 42:24 in other translations

And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

Genesis 42:24 · American Standard Version

Genesis 42:24 in context

  1. 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.”
  2. 23They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
  3. 24He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
  4. 25Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man’s money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.
  5. 26They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.