Genesis 42:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Let one of you go and bring your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison, in order that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else, as Pharaoh lives, surely you are spies.”

Cross References

Genesis 42:11

We are all sons of one man; we are honest men; your servants have never been spies.”

Genesis 42:30

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and charged us with spying on the land.

2 Samuel 10:3

the princes of the Ammonites said to their lord Hanun, “Do you really think that David is honoring your father just because he has sent messengers with condolences to you? Has not David sent his envoys to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”

Joshua 2:1

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