Genesis 42:16 meaning and explanation
Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
Genesis 42:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Joseph, now Egypt's grain administrator, speaks these words to the ten brothers who have come to buy food and have bowed before him without recognizing him. He accuses them of spying and sets a test: one brother must fetch Benjamin while the rest stay confined, so their claim to be honest men can be verified.
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