Genesis 42:9-18

⁹Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

¹⁰“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.

¹¹We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”

¹²“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

¹³But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”

¹⁴Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!

¹⁵And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

¹⁶Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

¹⁷So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,

¹⁸and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

— Genesis 42:9-18

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Cross References for Genesis 42:9-18

• Leviticus 25:43
• Genesis 37:30
• Nehemiah 5:15
• Genesis 42:11
• Genesis 44:20
• 1 Samuel 17:55
• Genesis 42:32
• Genesis 40:4
• Genesis 42:34
• Luke 18:2

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