21. And they talked one to another: We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguished of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear: therefore is this affliction come upon us.
22. And Ruben one of them, said: Did not I say to you: Do not sin against the boy: and you would not hear me? Behold his blood is required.
23. And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.
24. And he turned himself away a little while, and wept: and returning he spoke to them.