Lexham English Bible

Genesis 42:11-16 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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

12. Then he said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”

13. Then they said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, but behold, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no more.”

14. But Joseph said to them, “It is what I said to you—you are spies.

15. By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh you will not go out from here unless your youngest brother comes here.

16. Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, but you will be kept in prison so that your words might be tested to see if there is truth with you. And if not, by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.”