16Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies."
17He put them all together into custody three days.
18Joseph said to them the third day, "Do this, and live, for I fear God.
19If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison-house; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.
20Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won`t die." They did so.
21They said one to another, "We are most assuredly 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 on us."
22Reuben answered them, saying, "Didn`t I tell you, saying, `Don`t sin against the child,` and you wouldn`t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required."
