Genesis 42
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Genesis 42:9-14

9Then 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!”

10But they exclaimed, “No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!

11We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies.”

12“No,” he insisted, “but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

13They replied, “Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”

14But Joseph told them, “It is just as I said to you: You are spies!

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