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17 So he threw them all into jail for three days.

18 The third day Joseph said to them, “I am a God-fearing man and I’m going to give you an opportunity to prove yourselves. 19 I’m going to take a chance that you are honorable;[a] only one of you shall remain in chains in jail, and the rest of you may go on home with grain for your families;

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  1. Genesis 42:19 I’m going to take a chance that you are honorable, literally, “if you are forthright men.”

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