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Genesis 42:15

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

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  1. Genesis 42:13

    And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

  2. Genesis 42:14

    And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

  3. Genesis 42:16

    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.

  4. Genesis 42:17

    And he put them all together into ward three days.

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