Genesis 42:15
by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this — except by your young brother coming hither;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
14And Joseph saith unto them, 'This [is] that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies,
Cross References
Genesis 42:7And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, 'From whence have ye come?' and they say, 'From the land of Canaan — to buy food.'
Genesis 42:16send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not — Pharaoh liveth! surely ye [are] spies;'
Genesis 42:30'The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;
Genesis 43:3And Judah speaketh unto him, saying, 'The man protesting protested to us, saying, Ye do not see my face without your brother [being] with you;
Genesis 44:20and we say unto my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father hath loved him.
Genesis 44:23and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face.
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 →