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Genesis 42:16

World English Bible

Send 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.”

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Genesis 42:16 in other translations

Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

Genesis 42:16 · American Standard Version

Genesis 42:16 in context

  1. 14Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’
  2. 15By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
  3. 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.”
  4. 17He put them all together into custody for three days.
  5. 18Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.