"Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!" And he put them all in custody for three days.
Send one of your number to get your brother
Genesis 42:14-15 Joseph said to them, "It is just as I told you: You are spies! And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here."
the rest of you will be kept in prison
Genesis 42:18-20 On the third day, Joseph said to them, "Do this and you will live, for I fear God: If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison. While the rest of you go and take grain back for your starving households. But you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified and that you may not die." This they proceeded to do.
so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth
Genesis 42:10-11 "No, my lord," they answered. "Your servants have come to buy food. We are all the sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies."
If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies
Genesis 42:8-9 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected."
And he put them in custody for three days
Genesis 40:4-5 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he attended them. After they had been in custody for some time, each of the two men--the cup bearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison--had a dream the same night, and each dream had a ;meaning of its own.
Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®, Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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