5. And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6. And Joseph was the lord over the land, and he it was that sold the wheat to all the people of the land; and Joseph’s brethren came and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
7. And when Joseph saw his brethren, he knew them, but made himself strange unto them and spoke roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Where have you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
8. And Joseph knew his brethren but they did not know him.
9. Then Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
10. And they said unto him, No, my lord, but to buy food are thy slaves come.
11. We are all one man’s sons; we are men of the truth, thy slaves have never been spies.
12. And he said unto them, No, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
13. And they said, Thy slaves are twelve brethren, the 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 unto them, That is it that which I spoke unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
15. Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth from here unless your youngest brother comes here.
16. Send one of you and let him bring your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison that your words may be proved, whether there is any truth in you; or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
17. And he put them all together into prison for three days.
18. And Joseph said unto them the third day, Do this and live, for I fear God.
19. If ye are men of the truth, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison; go ye, carry food for the famine of your houses