14. And Joseph said to them, It is as I said to you, You are spies.
15. You shall be proved by this test: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go away from here unless your youngest brother comes here.
16. Send one of you and let him bring your brother, and you will be kept in prison, that your words may be proved whether there is any truth in you; or else by the life of Pharaoh you certainly are spies.
17. Then he put them all in custody for three days.
18. And Joseph said to them on the third day, Do this and live! I reverence and fear God.
19. If you are true men, let one of your brothers be bound in your prison, but [the rest of] you go and carry grain for those weakened with hunger in your households.
20. But bring your youngest brother to me, so your words will be verified and you shall live. And they did so.
21. And they said one to another, We are truly guilty about our brother, for we saw the distress and anguish of his soul when he begged us [to let him go], and we would not hear. So this distress and difficulty has come upon us.
22. Reuben answered them, Did I not tell you, Do not sin against the boy, and you would not hear? Therefore, behold, his blood is required [of us].
23. But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.
24. And he turned away from them and wept; then he returned to them and talked with them, and took from them Simeon and bound him before their eyes.
25. Then [privately] Joseph commanded that their sacks be filled with grain, every man's money be restored to his sack, and provisions be given to them for the journey. And this was done for them.
26. They loaded their donkeys with grain and left.