The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: GEN 42:18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live;
for I fear God:
GEN 42:19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the
house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
GEN 42:20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words
be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
GEN 42:21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning
our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought
us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
GEN 42:22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you,
saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore,
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