5. And so the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since there was famine in the land of Canaan.
6. Joseph, as governor of the country, was the one who sold grain to all the people of the land. When Joseph’s brothers came, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
7. He recognized them as soon as he saw them. But he concealed his own identity from them and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he asked them. They answered, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
8. When Joseph recognized his brothers, although they did not recognize him,
9. he was reminded of the dreams he had about them. He said to them: “You are spies. You have come to see the weak points of the land.”
10. “No, my lord,” they replied. “On the contrary, your servants have come to buy food.
11. All of us are sons of the same man. We are honest men; your servants have never been spies.”
12. But he answered them: “Not so! It is the weak points of the land that you have come to see.”
13. “We your servants,” they said, “are twelve brothers, sons of a certain man in Canaan; but the youngest one is at present with our father, and the other one is no more.”
14. “It is just as I said,” Joseph persisted; “you are spies.