Genesis 42:16

New American Standard Bible 2020

Send one of you and have him get your brother, while you remain confined, so that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, you are certainly spies!”

Cross References

Genesis 42:11

We are all sons of one man; we are honest men, your servants are not spies.”

Genesis 42:30

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

2 Samuel 10:3

the commanders of the Ammonites said to their lord Hanun, “Do you think that David is simply honoring your father since he has sent you servants to console you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to explore the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?”

Joshua 2:1

Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as spies secretly from Shittim, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and rested there.