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Genesis 42:13

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

Verse in context — Genesis 42

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 this day 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 forth from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.

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