15 For I was in fact kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews;+ and here also I have done nothing at all for which they should put me in the prison hole.”*+

4 So Joseph said to his brothers: “Come close to me, please.” With that they came close to him.

Then he said: “I am Joseph YOUR brother, whom YOU sold into Egypt.+

7 “In case a man is found kidnapping+ a soul of his brothers of the sons of Israel, and he has dealt tyrannically with him and sold him,+ that kidnapper must also die. And you must clear away what is bad from your midst.+