Genesis 37:27

“For I was in fact stolen from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should have put me into the pit.”

Then they said to one another, “Surely we are guilty concerning our brother because we saw the distress of his soul when he begged us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.”

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were terrified at his presence.

“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to do what has happened on this day, to keep many people alive.

Then Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I myself know your arrogance and the wickedness of your heart, for you have come down in order to see the battle.”

“But now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our children like their children. Yet behold, we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters are forced into subjugation, and we have no power in our hands to help, and our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

Even though Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah interceded with the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.