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Genesis 42:24

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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.

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  1. Genesis 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, behold, also his blood is required.

  2. Genesis 42:23

    And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

  3. Genesis 42:25

    Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.

  4. Genesis 42:26

    And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

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