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Genesis 42:24
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22 And Reuben answered them, saying, a“Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; and you would not listen? Therefore behold, his blood is now brequired of us.”  
23 But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.
24 And he turned himself away from them and awept. Then he returned to them again, and talked with them. And he took bSimeon from them and bound him before their eyes.  

The Brothers Return to Canaan

25 Then Joseph agave a command to fill their sacks with grain, to brestore every man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. cThus he did for them.  
26 So they loaded their donkeys with the grain and departed from there.
Verse Comparison: Genesis 42:24

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American Standard Version
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

Amplified® Bible
And he turned away from them and wept; then he returned to them and talked with them, and took from them Simeon and bound him before their eyes.

Contemporary English Version
Joseph turned away from them and cried, but soon he turned back and spoke to them again. Then he had Simeon tied up and taken away while they watched.

Darby English Version
And he turned away from them, and wept. And he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

Good News Bible
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.

King James Version
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

New American Standard Bible
He turned away from them and wept. But when he returned to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

New International Version
He turned away from them and began to weep, but then turned back and spoke to them again. He had Simeon taken from them and bound before their eyes.

New King James Version
And he turned himself away from them and wept. Then he returned to them again, and talked with them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He turned away from them and wept But when he returned to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

Revised Standard Version
Then he turned away from them and wept; and he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

Young's Literal Translation
and he turneth round from them, and weepeth, and turneth back unto them, and speaketh unto them, and taketh from them Simeon, and bindeth him before their eyes.

New English Translation
He turned away from them and wept. When he turned around and spoke to them again,1 he had Simeon taken2 from them and tied up3 before their eyes.


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