Genesis 42:21
And they said one to another: 'We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Genesis 37:23And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colours that was on him;
Genesis 41:9Then spoke the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying: 'I make mention of my faults this day:
Numbers 32:23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD; and know ye your sin which will find you.
2 Samuel 12:13And David said unto Nathan: 'I have sinned against the LORD.' And Nathan said unto David: 'The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
Job 33:27He cometh before men, and saith: 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not.'
Job 36:8And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
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 →