Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Genesis 42
⁶ Now Joseph was governor over the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth.
⁷ Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke roughly to them. Then he said to them, "Where do you come from?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."
⁸ So Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
⁹ Then Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land!"
¹⁰ And they said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
¹¹ We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men; your servants are not spies."
¹² But he said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land."
¹³ And they said, "Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and in fact, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no more."
¹⁴ But Joseph said to them, "It is as I spoke to you, saying, ’You are spies!’
¹⁵ In this manner you shall be tested: By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
¹⁶ Send one of you, and let him bring your brother; and you shall be kept in prison, that your words may be tested to see whether there is any truth in you; or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies!"