13 And they said, We thy servants, are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan: and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one [a]is not.

14 Again Joseph said unto them, This is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies.

15 Hereby ye shall be proved: [b]by the life of Pharaoh, ye shall not go hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 42:13 Or, is dead.
  2. Genesis 42:15 The Egyptians which were idolaters, used to swear by their king’s life: but God forbiddeth to swear by any but him: yet Joseph dwelling among the wicked smelleth of their corruptions.

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