...our crimes, as theirs did Joseph's brethren when, prisoners in Egypt, the very land of his slavery, they said one to another, " We are verily guilty concerning...not hear, therefore is this distress come upon us.'' " Spake I not unto you," said Reuben, " saying, Do not sin against the child ? and ye would not hear...

...So Joseph's brethren, when perhaps a score of years had passed, remembered their sin against Joseph. "And they said one to another, We are verily guilty...of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not near; therefore is this distress come upon us. And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you,...

...youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty...not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and...

...youngest brother unto me: so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 f e great nations, and slew mighty kings; 1 1 Sihon king of the Amontes, and Og king 22 And Reuben answered them, saying. Spake I not unto you, saying. Do not sin against the child; and...

...I have read in a little Book: “And they said one to another, we are verily guilty concerning your Brother, in that we saw the Anguish of his soul, when...saying, spake I not unto You, saying, Do not sin against that Child; and you would not hear? therefore, behold also, his Blood is required.” I look for better...

...youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 fl And they said one to another, We are verily guilty...not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and...

...happens, but we hear of it in passing, much later, when the brothers begin to reflect on their actions: 'And they said one to another, We are verily guilty...not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us' (42 : 21). Surely Joseph's crying out then, like his tears later, is a sign of deep inner contradiction,...

...your words be verified, and ye shall not die." And they did so. 21 And they said one to another, " 5Be are verily "guilty concerning our brother, in that...not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us." 22 And "Reuben answered tfiem, saying, 0 " Spake I not unto you, saying, ' Do not ° sin against the...

...of twenty-five years, enables us to supply the missing coloring for this deed of horror. Years later they said one to another, "We are verily guilty concerning...soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear" (Gen. 42:21). What a revelation there is in these words! We seem to see Joseph, in those rude hands,...

...first saw them, he gave them a difficult time in order to touch their conscience. They said to one another, "We are verily guilty concerning our brother,...not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us" (42:21). Then Joseph "took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes" (42:24). This must have...