In Context

17 And he put them all together into ward three days.

18 And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

19 If you be true men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your prison: go you, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

20 But bring your youngest brother to me; so shall your words be verified, and you shall not die. And they did so.

21 And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he sought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come on us.

22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spoke I not to you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and you would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

Genesis 42:20 in Other Translations