Genesis 42:9–20

⁹Joseph ^aremembered the dreams which he ¹had about them, and said to them, “You are spies; you have come to look at the ²undefended parts of our land.”

¹⁰Then they said to him, “No, ^amy lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

¹¹“We are all sons of one man; we are ^ahonest men, your servants are not spies.”

¹²Yet he said to them, “No, but you have come to look at the ¹undefended parts of our land!”

¹³But they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is with ^aour father today, and ^bone is no longer alive.”

¹⁴Joseph said to them, “It is as I said ¹to you, you are spies;

¹⁵by this you will be tested: ^aby the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here!

¹⁶“Send one of you that he may get your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is ^atruth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”

¹⁷So he put them all together in ^aprison for three days.

¹⁸Now Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and live, for ^aI fear God:

¹⁹if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in ¹your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households,

²⁰and ^abring your youngest brother to me, so your words may be verified, and you will not die.” And they did so.