Genesis 42:21
They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”
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In Context
20Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.
Cross References
Genesis 37:23When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colours that was on him;
Genesis 41:9Then the chief cup bearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I remember my faults today.
Numbers 32:23“But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD; and be sure your sin will find you out.
2 Samuel 12:13David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” Nathan said to David, “The LORD also has put away your sin. You will not die.
Job 33:27He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
Job 36:8If they are bound in fetters, and are 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 →