Genesis 42:22-24

Expanded Bible

²² Then Reuben said to them, “·I told [^LDid I not tell…?] you not to ·harm [wrong; sin against] the ·boy [child], but you ·refused to [^Ldid not] listen to me. So now ·we are being punished for what we did to him [^Lthere is a reckoning for his blood].”

²³ When Joseph talked to his brothers, he used an ·interpreter [or intermediary], so they did not know that Joseph understood what they were saying. ²⁴ Then Joseph left them and cried. After a short time he went back and spoke to them. He took Simeon and ·tied [bound] him ·up while the other brothers watched [^Lbefore their eyes].