Genesis 42:19-21

International Standard Version

¹⁹ If you’re honest men, leave one of your brothers here in custody, then the rest of^[a] you can leave and take some grain with you^[b] to alleviate the famine that’s affecting your households. ²⁰ Just be sure to bring your youngest brother back to me so what you’ve claimed can be verified. That way, you won’t die.”

Joseph’s Brothers Mull over Their Predicament

²¹ “We’re all guilty because of what we did to^[c] our brother!” they told each other. “We kept on watching his suffering while he pleaded with us! We’re in this mess because we wouldn’t listen!”