Genesis 42:22
King James Version
Translation: KJV
20But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.Select Genesis 42:20
21And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.Select Genesis 42:21
22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.Select Genesis 42:22
23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.Select Genesis 42:23
24And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.Select Genesis 42:24
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WEB
42:22 Reuben 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.”
ASV
42:22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.
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