Genesis 42:20-22

Complete Jewish Bible

²⁰ But bring your youngest brother to me. In this way your statements will be verified, and you won’t die.”

So they did it. ²¹ They said to each other, “We are in fact guilty concerning our brother. He was in distress and pleaded with us; we saw it and wouldn’t listen. That’s why this distress has come upon us now.” ²² Re’uven answered them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t wrong the boy’? But you wouldn’t hear of it. Now comes the reckoning for his blood!”