Gen 42:22, 44:20 | ESV | STEP | And Reuben answered them, Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy ? But you did not listen . So now there comes a reckoning for his blood .

b ch. 9:5; 2 Chr. 24:22; [1 Kgs. 2:32; Ps. 9:12; Luke 11:50, 51]

Genesis 42:22

22 And Reuben answered them, ^a“Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now ^bthere comes a reckoning for his blood.”

Genesis 44:20

20 And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, ^cand a young brother, ^dthe child of his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’