So, when they lost hope about Yusuf (Joseph), they counselled (among themselves) in isolation. The eldest (brother) among them said: ‘Do you not know that your father took a firm covenant from you in the Name of Allah, and before that (you also know) you committed excesses in respect of Yusuf (Joseph)? So I shall not leave this land at all until my father accords me permission or Allah gives some judgment in my case and He is the Best of those who judge.