18. Then, on the third day, he brought them out of prison, and he said: "Do as I have said, and you will live. For I fear God.
19. If you are peaceful, let one of your brothers be bound in prison. Then you may go away and carry the grain that you have bought to your houses.
20. And bring your youngest brother to me, so that I may be able to test your words, and you may not die." They did as he had said,
21. and they spoke to one another: "We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he begged us and we would not listen. For that reason, this tribulation has come upon us."
22. And Reuben, one of them, said: "Did not I say to you, 'Do not sin against the boy,' and you would not listen to me? See, his blood is exacted."
23. But they did not know that Joseph understood, because he was speaking to them through an interpreter.
24. And he turned himself away briefly and wept. And returning, he spoke to them.
25. And taking Simeon, and binding him in their presence, he ordered his ministers to fill their sacks with wheat, and to replace each one's money in their sacks, and to give them, in addition, provisions for the way. And they did so.
26. Then, having loaded their donkeys with the grain, they set out.