Genesis 42:21

And they said one to another, We haue verily sinned against our brother, in that we sawe the anguish of his soule, when he besought vs, and we would not heare him: therefore is this trouble come vpon vs.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

In Context

20But bring your yonger brother vnto me, that your wordes may be tried, and that ye dye not: and they did so.

22And Reuben answered them, saying, Warned I not you, saying, Sinne not against the childe, and ye would not heare? and lo, his blood is now required.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:23Now when Ioseph was come vnto his brethren, they stript Ioseph out of his coate, his particoloured coate that was vpon him.

Genesis 41:9Then spake the chiefe butler vnto Pharaoh, saying, I call to minde my faultes this day.

Numbers 32:23But if ye will not doe so, beholde, ye haue sinned against the Lord, and be sure, that your sinne will finde you out.

2 Samuel 12:13Then Dauid sayde vnto Nathan, I haue sinned against the Lord. And Nathan sayde vnto Dauid, The Lord also hath put away thy sinne, thou shalt not die.

Job 33:27He looketh vpon men, and if one say, I haue sinned, and peruerted righteousnesse, and it did not profite me,

Job 36:8And if they bee bound in fetters and tyed with the cordes 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 →

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