11. We are all brothers—members of the same family. We are honest men, sir! We are not spies!”
12. “Yes, you are!” Joseph insisted. “You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become.”
13. “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.”
14. But Joseph insisted, “As I said, you are spies!