Genesis:42:9-18
rsv@Genesis:42:9 @ And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed of them; and he said to them, "You are spies, you have come to see the weakness of the land."
rsv@Genesis:42:10 @ They said to him, "No, my lord, but to buy food have your servants come.
rsv@Genesis:42:11 @ We are all sons of one man, we are honest men, your servants are not spies."
rsv@Genesis:42:12 @ He said to them, "No, it is the weakness of the land that you have come to see."
rsv@Genesis:42:13 @ And 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."
rsv@Genesis:42:14 @ But Joseph said to them, "It is as I said to you, you are spies.
rsv@Genesis:42:15 @ By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
rsv@Genesis:42:16 @ Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain in prison, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you; or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies."
rsv@Genesis:42:17 @ And he put them all together in prison for three days.
rsv@Genesis:42:18 @ On the third day Joseph said to them, "Do this and you will live, for I fear God:
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