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Genesis 42:15

World English Bible

By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.

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Genesis 42:15 in other translations

hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

Genesis 42:15 · American Standard Version

Genesis 42:15 in context

  1. 13They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is today with our father, and one is no more.”
  2. 14Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’
  3. 15By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
  4. 16Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.”
  5. 17He put them all together into custody for three days.