Genesis 42:18-25

New American Standard Bible

¹⁸ Now Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and live, for ^(A)I fear God: ¹⁹ if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in ^[a]your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households, ²⁰ and ^(B)bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified, and you will not die.” And they did so. ²¹ Then they said to one another, “^(C)Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; for that reason this distress has happened to us.” ²² Reuben answered them, saying, “^(D)Did I not tell ^[b]you, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; and you would not listen? ^[c](E)Now justice for his blood is required.” ²³ They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them. ²⁴ Then he turned away from them and ^(F)wept. But when he returned to them and spoke to them, he ^(G)took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes. ^25 (H)Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, but also to return every man’s money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. And that is what was done for them.