Genesis 42:16

Easy To Read Version

I’ll let one of you go back and bring your youngest brother here to me while the others will stay here in prison. We will see if you are telling the truth. But I believe you are spies.”

Cross References

Genesis 42:11

We are all brothers—we all have the same father. We are honest men. We have come only to buy food.”

Genesis 42:30

They said, “The governor of that country spoke rudely to us. He thought that we were spies!

2 Samuel 10:3

But the Ammonite leaders said to Hanun, their lord, “Do you think that David is trying to honor your father by sending some men to comfort you? No! David sent these men to secretly study and learn things about your city. They plan to make war against you.”

Joshua 2:1

Joshua son of Nun and all the people were camped at Acacia. [1] Joshua sent out two spies. No one knew that Joshua sent out these men. Joshua said to the men, “Go and look at the land, especially the city of Jericho.”