4. But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may befall him.
5. So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6. And Joseph, he was the governor over the land--he it was that sold the corn to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.
7. And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.
8. And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.
9. And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.
10. And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.
11. We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies.
12. And he said to them, No; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come.
13. And they said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
14. And Joseph said to them, That is it that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye are spies.
15. By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your youngest brother come hither!
16. Send one of you, that he may fetch your brother, but ye shall be imprisoned, and your words shall be put to the proof, whether the truth is in you; and if not, as Pharaoh lives, ye are spies.
17. And he put them in custody three days.
18. And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God
19. If ye are honest, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison, but go ye, carry grain for the hunger of your households;