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Genesis 42:6-15 World Messianic Bible (WMB)

6. Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

7. Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?”They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

8. Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.

9. Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”

10. They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

11. We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”

12. He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”

13. They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is today with our father, and one is no more.”

14. Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’

15. By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.

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