10. And they said to him, “No, my master, but your servants have come to buy food.
11. “We are all one man’s sons, we are trustworthy, your servants are not spies.”
12. But he said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
13. And they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Kena‛an. And see, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no more.”
14. And Yosĕph said to them, “It is as I spoke to you, saying, ‘You are spies!’
15. “By this you shall be proven: By the life of Pharaoh, you do not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
16. “Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you are kept in prison. So let your words be proven to see whether there is any truth in you, or else, by the life of Pharaoh, you are spies!”
17. And he put them all together in prison for three days.
18. Now Yosĕph said to them the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear Elohim:
19. “If you are trustworthy, let one of your brothers be confined to your prison house, and you, go, bring grain for the scarcity of food of your houses.
20. “And bring your youngest brother to me, and let your words be confirmed, and you do not die.” And so they did.
21. And they said to each other, “Truly, we are guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the distress of his life when he pleaded with us, yet we did not listen, that is why this distress has come upon us.”
22. And Re’uḇĕn answered them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy,’ and you would not listen? And see, his blood is now required of us.”
23. And they did not know that Yosĕph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.