Genesis 42:16

New Living Translation

One of you must go and get your brother. I’ll keep the rest of you here in prison. Then we’ll find out whether or not your story is true. By the life of Pharaoh, if it turns out that you don’t have a younger brother, then I’ll know you are spies.”

Cross References

Genesis 42:11

We are all brothers—members of the same family. We are honest men, sir! We are not spies!”

Genesis 42:30

“The man who is governor of the land spoke very harshly to us,” they told him. “He accused us of being spies scouting the land.

2 Samuel 10:3

the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun, their master, “Do you really think these men are coming here to honor your father? No! David has sent them to spy out the city so they can come in and conquer it!”

Joshua 2:1

Then Joshua secretly sent out two spies from the Israelite camp at Acacia Grove. He instructed them, “Scout out the land on the other side of the Jordan River, especially around Jericho.” So the two men set out and came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there that night.