Holman Christian Standard Bible

Genesis 42:9-15 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

9. Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies. You have come to see the weakness of the land.”

10. “No, my lord. Your servants have come to buy food,” they said.

11. “We are all sons of one man. We are honest; your servants are not spies.”

12. “No,” he said to them. “You have come to see the weakness of the land.”

13. But they replied, “We, your servants, were 12 brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer living.”

14. Then Joseph said to them, “I have spoken: ‘You are spies! ’

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