Genesis 42:36

Me have ye bereaved. Upon hearing their sad story and seeing the evil omen of the returned money, and realizing that he had lost a second son, Jacob broke out in a bitter lament, accusing his sons of responsibility for the loss of Joseph and Simeon. Now, they were bent on taking Benjamin away also. Jacob was hardly fair toward his sons, since he did not know that they were guilty in the matter of Joseph’s disappearance, and since, of course, were not directly to blame for Simeon’s imprisonment. Nevertheless, they must have accepted Jacob’s lament as a well-deserved rebuke. They knew that he spoke more truly than even he himself knew. They had certainly bereaved their father of Joseph, and felt also that Simeon’s imprisonment was a just reward for that cruel act. How could they now shoulder the responsibility of taking Benjamin to Egypt, when there was no certainty that he would return safely? They were in a predicament, but their only other choice was starvation. If they were to secure Simeon’s release and save him from certain death, and if they and their families were to survive the famine, they must return to Egypt for grain.