Genesis 42:16-18

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¹⁶ One of you must go to bring your brother here. I will keep you others in prison. In that way I will know if what you said is true. If your youngest brother does not come, then I will certainly know that you are enemies!’

¹⁷ Then Joseph put his brothers in prison for three days.

¹⁸ On the third day Joseph said to them, ‘Do what I say. Then you will stay alive, because I respect God.^[a]