Genesis 42:16-18

International Standard Version

¹⁶ One of you is to be sent back so he can get your brother while the rest of^[a] you remain in custody. That way, we’ll test whether or not you’re telling the truth. If you’re not, as surely as the Pharaoh lives, you’re spies!”

¹⁷ Then Joseph locked them all together in prison for three days. ¹⁸ Three days later, Joseph told them, “I fear God, so do this and you’ll live.