Genesis 42:21-23

International Children’s Bible

²¹ They said to each other, “We are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his trouble. He begged us to save him, but we refused to listen. That is why we are in this trouble now.”

²² Then Reuben said to them, “I told you not to harm the boy. But you refused to listen to me. So now we are being punished for what we did to him.”

²³ When Joseph talked to his brothers, he used an interpreter. So they did not know that Joseph understood what they were saying.