Catholic Public Domain Version

Genesis 42:11-16 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

11. We are all sons of one man. We have come in peace, nor do any of your subjects devise evil."

12. And he answered them: "It is otherwise. You have come to examine the unguarded parts of this land."

13. But they said: "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father; the other is not living."

14. He said: "This is just as I have said. You are scouts.

15. I will now continue to put you to the test. By the health of Pharaoh, you will not depart from here, until your youngest brother arrives.

16. Send one of you and bring him. But you will be in chains, until what you have said is proven to be either true or false. Otherwise, by the health of Pharaoh, you are scouts."