Genesis 42:21
And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul when he besought us, and we would not hear. Therefore this distress has come upon us.
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Genesis 37:23And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him,
Genesis 41:9Then the chief butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day.
Numbers 32:23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against LORD, and be sure your sin will find you out.
2 Samuel 12:13And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against LORD. And Nathan said to David, LORD also has put away thy sin; thou shall not die.
Job 33:27He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.
Job 36:8And if they be bound in fetters, and be taken in the cords of afflictions,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:8-21
Joseph Speaks Roughly to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1706.) 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy… Read the whole commentary →