Genesis 42:15

New International Version

And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

Cross References

Genesis 42:12

“No!” he said to them. “You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”

Genesis 42:14

Joseph said to them, “It is just as I told you: You are spies!

Genesis 42:16

Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

Genesis 42:20

But you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified and that you may not die.” This they proceeded to do.

Genesis 42:30

“The man who is lord over the land spoke harshly to us and treated us as though we were spying on the land.

Genesis 42:34

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

Genesis 42:7

As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied, “to buy food.”

Genesis 43:3

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

Genesis 43:5

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

Jeremiah 5:2

Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’ still they are swearing falsely.”

Jeremiah 5:7

“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I supplied all their needs, yet they committed adultery and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.

Deuteronomy 6:13

Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name.

James 5:12

Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.

1 Samuel 1:26

and she said to him, “Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord.

1 Samuel 17:55

As Saul watched David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is that young man?” Abner replied, “As surely as you live, Your Majesty, I don’t know.”

1 Samuel 20:3

But David took an oath and said, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said to himself, ‘Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.’ Yet as surely as the Lord lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.”