21. and said to one another, “Yes, now we are suffering the consequences of what we did to our brother; we saw the great trouble he was in when he begged for help, but we would not listen. That is why we are in this trouble now.”
22. Reuben said, “I told you not to harm the boy, but you wouldn't listen. And now we are being paid back for his death.”
23. Joseph understood what they said, but they did not know it, because they had been speaking to him through an interpreter.
24. Joseph left them and began to cry. When he was able to speak again, he came back, picked out Simeon, and had him tied up in front of them.