...Joseph nor that he could understand the language they were speaking. "And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us." Later Reuben returned to the pit, expecting to find Joseph in it, and on finding the pit empty, he...

...what is the effect of his so dealing with them? We are clearly told: "And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us ... Therefore, behold, also his blood is required" (v. 21, 22). So they are brought to this confession:...

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

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

...if they wanted more grain. Not knowing the official could understand them, they said to one another, "We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us" (42:21). Their conscience was being awakened. Keeping Simeon in prison while the others returned home,...

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

...We are verily guilty concerning our brother (Joseph), in that we saw the anguish of his (Joseph's) soul, when he besought us, and we would 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...

...of their earlier crime, and said to one another: "We suffer this rightly because we sinned against our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he asked us and we did not hearken to him: wherefore all this trouble hath come upon us."* And this confession,...

...forbidden for us to question the Holy One, heaven forbid. As the tribes [ie, Joseph's brothers] said, "We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon...