Genesis 42:15
By this you shall be proved: by the life of Pharoh you shall not go hence, until your youngest brother be come hither.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
14And Joseph said to them, That is what I have told you, saying, You are spies;
Cross References
Genesis 42:7And Joseph saw his brothers, and knew them, and considered what he should say to them. And he spake with them severely, and said to them, Whence come you? And they said, From the land of Kenaan, to buy corn.
Genesis 42:16Send one of you, and bring your brother; but you shall be bound, and your words shall be proved, whether you have spoken the truth; if not, by the life of Pharoh, you are spies.
Genesis 42:30The man, the lord of the country, spoke hardly with us, and dealt with us as spies of the land.
Genesis 43:3And Jehuda spake to him, saying, The man attesting attested to us, saying, You shall not see my face unless your brother be with you.
Genesis 44:20And we told my lord, We have an aged father, and the youngest (son) is the son of his old age; his brother is dead; and he only remains of his mother, and his father loves him.
Genesis 44:23And thou saidst to thy servants, If your youngest brother come not down with you, you shall not see my face again.
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 →