Genesis 42:21
They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”Genesis 42:21 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — ઉત્પત્તિ ૪૨:૨૧
- તેઓએ એકબીજાને કહ્યું, “નિશ્ચે આપણે આપણા ભાઈ સંબંધી અપરાધી છીએ, કેમ કે જયારે તેણે કાલાવાલા કર્યા ત્યારે આપણે તેની પીડા જોઈ, પણ તેનું સાંભળ્યું નહિ. તેથી આ સંકટ આપણા પર આવી પડ્યું છે.”
- हिन्दी — उत्पत्ति ४२:२१
- उन्होंने आपस में कहा, “निःसन्देह हम अपने भाई के विषय में दोषी हैं, क्योंकि जब उसने हम से गिड़गिड़ाकर विनती की, तब भी हमने यह देखकर, कि उसका जीवन कैसे संकट में पड़ा है, उसकी न सुनी; इसी कारण हम भी अब इस संकट में पड़े हैं।”
In context
19If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.
20Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.
21They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”
22Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”
23They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
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