14 Yet Joseph said to them, “It is as I said [a]to you, you are spies; 15 by this you will be tested: (A)by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here! 16 Send one of you and have him get your brother, while you remain confined, so that your words may be tested, whether there is (B)truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, you are certainly spies!”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 42:14 Lit to you, saying

14 Joseph said to them, “It is just as I told you: You are spies!(A) 15 And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives,(B) you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.(C) 16 Send one of your number to get your brother;(D) the rest of you will be kept in prison,(E) so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth.(F) If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!(G)

Read full chapter