Genesis 42:21
“This, you see, is what sin is like: when it is done and takes effect, then it shows the excess of its own impropriety. Just as an inebriate imbibes great quantities of drink without feeling any harmful effects of the wine but later comes to know the extent of the damage from his exploits, so too with sin. When it is c…”
Source: Septuagint
21And each said to his brother, Yes, indeed, for we are in fault concerning our brother, when we disregarded the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we hearkened not to him; and therefore has this affliction come upon us.
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19If ye be peaceable, let one of your brethren be detained in prison; but go ye, and carry back the corn ye have purchased.
20And bring your younger brother to me, and your words shall be believed; but, if not, ye shall die. And they did so.
— Genesis 42:21 —
22And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Hurt not the boy, and ye heard me not? and, behold, his blood is required.
23But they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.