Genesis 42:32-34

The Voice

³² We are twelve brothers, all sons of one father. One is no longer with us, and the youngest is with our father in Canaan right now.” ³³ And then the man, the lord of the land, told us, “Here is how I will know if you really are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, take grain back to your families suffering because of the famine, and go your way. ³⁴ All of you must return and bring your youngest brother to me, and then I will know you aren’t spies but honest men. At that point, I will release your brother to you, and you may go about Egypt freely and buy as you wish.”