Genesis 42:12-15 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

12. Joseph said to them, “No! You have come to find out where our country is weak.”

13. They said, “We were twelve brothers in all, sir, sons of the same man in the land of Canaan. One brother is dead, and the youngest is now with our father.”

14. “It is just as I said,” Joseph answered. “You are spies.

15. This is how you will be tested: I swear by the name of the king that you will never leave unless your youngest brother comes here.

Genesis 42