Genesis 42:21
Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
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.
They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- they said
- Genesis 41:9; Numbers 32:23; 2 Samuel 12:13; 1 Kings 17:18; Job 33:27, 28; Job 34:31, 32; Job 36:8, 9; Hosea 5:15; Matthew 27:3, 4; Mark 9:44, 46, 48; Luke 16:28; Acts 19:18
- we saw
- Genesis 37:23–28; Judges 1:7; Proverbs 21:13; Proverbs 24:11, 12; Proverbs 28:17; Jeremiah 2:17, 19; Jeremiah 4:18; Jeremiah 34:17; Matthew 7:2; 1 John 1:9; James 2:13
- this distress
- Proverbs 1:27, 28