Genesis 42:16-18

New Catholic Bible

¹⁶ Send one of your number to bring your brother; the rest will remain as prisoners. You will thus be put to the test concerning what you have said, to see if you have told the truth. If not, by the life of Pharaoh, you are spies.” ¹⁷ And he then held them in prison for three days.

¹⁸ On the third day, Joseph said to them, “Do this and you shall live, for I fear God!