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Genesis 42:21-23
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Genesis 42:21-23
International Standard Version
Joseph’s Brothers Mull over Their Predicament
21 “We’re all guilty because of what we did to[a] our brother!” they told each other. “We kept on watching his suffering while he pleaded with us! We’re in this mess because we wouldn’t listen!”
22 “Didn’t I tell you!” Reuben replied. “‘Don’t wrong the kid!’ I said, but would you listen? No! Now it’s payback time!”
23 Meanwhile, they had no idea that Joseph could understand them, since he was talking to them through an interpreter.
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- Genesis 42:21 The Heb. lacks what we did to
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