Genesis 42:15
World English Bible
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12 He said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land."
13 They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."
14 Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, `You are spies.`
15 Hereby you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother come here.
16 Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies."
17 He put them all together into custody three days.
18 Joseph said to them the third day, "Do this, and live, for I fear God.