Genesis 42:15

Modern English Version

Here is how you will be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you will not leave here unless your youngest brother comes here.

Cross References

Genesis 42:12

But he said to them, “No, you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”

Genesis 42:14

Joseph said to them, “It is as I said to you, ‘You are spies!’

Genesis 42:16

Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested, whether there be any truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, you are surely spies.”

Genesis 42:20

Nevertheless, bring your youngest brother to me so that your words may be verified and you shall not die.” And they did so.

Genesis 42:30

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and took us for spies of the country.

Genesis 42:34

But bring your youngest brother back to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. Then I will deliver your brother to you, and you may trade in the land.’ ”

Genesis 42:7

Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke harshly to them. He said to them, “From where do you come?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”

Genesis 43:3

Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 43:5

But if you will not send him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’ ”

Jeremiah 5:2

Though they say, “The Lord lives,” surely they swear falsely.

Jeremiah 5:7

How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by those who are not gods. When I had fed them to the full, then they committed adultery and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.

Deuteronomy 6:13

You shall fear the Lord your God and serve Him and shall swear by His name.

James 5:12

But above all things, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by the earth or by any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes” and your “No” be “No,” that you do not fall into condemnation.

1 Samuel 1:26

And she said, “Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here praying to the Lord.

1 Samuel 17:55

When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Whose son is this youth, Abner?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”

1 Samuel 20:3

David vowed again and said, “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight. And he says, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be distressed.’ However, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”