Genesis 42:17-21
Genesis 42:17
So he put them all together in prison for three days.
Genesis 42:18
Now Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear God:
Genesis 42:19
if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households,
Genesis 42:20
and bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified, and you will not die.” And they did so.
Genesis 42:21
Then they said to one another, “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.”