‘No,’ he said to them. ‘You have come to see the weakness of the land.’
‘We are all sons of one man. We are honest; your servants are not spies.’
But they replied, ‘We, your servants, were twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer living.’
This is how you will be tested: as surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
You know that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to find out about your military activities and everything you’re doing.’