- Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!"
- And he put them all in custody for three days.
- On the third day, Joseph said to them, "Do this and you will live, for I fear God:
- If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain back for your starving households.
- But you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified and that you may not die." This they proceeded to do.
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- "Send one of you that he may get your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies."
- So he put them all together in prison for three days.
- Now Joseph said to them on the third day, "Do this and live, for I fear God:
- if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households,
- and bring your youngest brother to me, so your words may be verified, and you will not die." And they did so.
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