8. Though Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
9. Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them. He said to them, “You’re spies! You’ve come to see the undefended places in the land.”
10. “No, my lord!” they said to him. “Your servants came to buy grain as food.
11. All of us—we are sons of one man. We’re honest. Your servants have never been spies.”
12. “Not so,” he said to them. “Rather, you’ve come to see the undefended places in the land.”
13. But they said, “We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan. Look, the youngest is with our father today and the other one is no more.”
14. Joseph said to them, “It’s just like I told you when I said, ‘You’re spies.’
15. By this you’ll be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you’ll not leave from here until your youngest brother comes here!
16. Send one from among yourselves to get your brother, while you remain confined, in order to test your words, to see whether the truth is with you. If not, by the life of Pharaoh, you’re definitely spies!”