6. And Yosĕph was the governor over the land, he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Yosĕph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth.
7. And Yosĕph saw his brothers and recognised them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly, and said to them, “Where do you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Kena‛an to buy food.”
8. So Yosĕph recognised his brothers, but they did not recognise him.
9. And Yosĕph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land!”
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: