Genesis 42:16 · KJV
“Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether {there be any} truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye {are} spies. {kept...: Heb. bound}”
— Genesis 42:16
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
And he put them all together into ward three days. {put: Heb. gathered}
Genesis 42 — Context
And Joseph said unto them, That {is it} that I spake unto you, saying, Ye {are} spies:
15Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
16Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether {there be any} truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye {are} spies. {kept...: Heb. bound}
17And he put them all together into ward three days. {put: Heb. gathered}
18And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; {for} I fear God:
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