“Yes, you are!” Joseph insisted. “You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become.”
We are all brothers—members of the same family. We are honest men, sir! We are not spies!”
“Sir,” they said, “there are actually twelve of us. We, your servants, are all brothers, sons of a man living in the land of Canaan. Our youngest brother is back there with our father right now, and one of our brothers is no longer with us.”
This is how I will test your story. I swear by the life of Pharaoh that you will never leave Egypt unless your youngest brother comes here!
You know perfectly well that he came to spy on you and find out everything you’re doing!”