فَلَمَّا اسۡتَيۡــَٔسُوۡا مِنۡهُ خَلَصُوۡا نَجِيًّاؕ قَالَ كَبِيۡرُهُمۡ اَلَمۡ تَعۡلَمُوۡۤا اَنَّ اَبَاكُمۡ قَدۡ اَخَذَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ مَّوۡثِقًا مِّنَ اللّٰهِ وَمِنۡ قَبۡلُ مَا فَرَّطْتُّمۡ فِىۡ يُوۡسُفَۚ فَلَنۡ اَبۡرَحَ الۡاَرۡضَ حَتّٰى يَاۡذَنَ لِىۡۤ اَبِىۡۤ اَوۡ يَحۡكُمَ اللّٰهُ لِىۡۚ وَهُوَ خَيۡرُ الۡحٰكِمِيۡنَ
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.