Genesis 42:15-17

New International Version

¹⁵And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives,^(A) you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.^(B) ¹⁶Send one of your number to get your brother;^(C) the rest of you will be kept in prison,^(D) so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth.^(E) If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!^(F)” ¹⁷And he put them all in custody^(G) for three days.

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Genesis 42:15-17

New King James Version

¹⁵In this manner you shall be tested: ^(A)By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here. ¹⁶Send one of you, and let him bring your brother; and you shall be ^[a]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!” ¹⁷So he ^[b]put them all together in prison ^(B)three days.

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Footnotes

Genesis 42:16 Lit. bound
Genesis 42:17 Lit. gathered

Genesis 42:15-17

New American Standard Bible

¹⁵by this you will be tested: ^(A)by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here! ¹⁶Send one of you and have him get your brother, while you remain confined, so that your words may be tested, whether there is ^(B)truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, you are certainly spies!” ¹⁷So he put them all together in ^(C)prison for three days.