Genesis 42:15
By this ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth from here unless your youngest brother comes here.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
14And Joseph said to them, This is that which I spoke to you, saying, Ye are spies.
Cross References
Genesis 42:7And Joseph saw his brothers, and he knew them, but made himself foreign to them, and spoke roughly with them. And he said to them. From where come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
Genesis 42:16Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother. And ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
Genesis 42:30The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
Genesis 43:3And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly protested to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face unless your brother be with you.
Genesis 44:20And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one. And his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.
Genesis 44:23And thou said to thy servants, Unless your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:8-21
Joseph Speaks Roughly to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1706.) 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy… Read the whole commentary →