6. Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
7. When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked, “Where do you come from?” They answered, “From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”
8. Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
9. Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!”
10. But they exclaimed, “No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!
11. We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies.”