Genesis 42:21-23

International Standard Version

Joseph’s Brothers Mull over Their Predicament

²¹ “We’re all guilty because of what we did to^[a] 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!”

²² “Didn’t I tell you!” Reuben replied. “‘Don’t wrong the kid!’ I said, but would you listen? No! Now it’s payback time!”

²³ Meanwhile, they had no idea that Joseph could understand them, since he was talking to them through an interpreter.