Genesis 42:19 — Meaning and Application

And he put them all together into ward three days. {put: Heb. gathered}

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; {for} I fear God:

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:

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

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.