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But Joseph had recognized his brothers, although ^(C1)they did not recognize him.

And Joseph ^(C1)remembered the dreams which he ^(F1)had about them, and he said to them, "You are spies; you have come to look at the ^(F2)undefended parts of our land."

And they said to him, "No, ^(C1)my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

"We are all sons of one man; we are ^(C1)honest men, your servants are not spies."

Yet he said to them, "No, but you have come to look at the ^(F1)undefended parts of our land!"

But they said, "Your servants are twelve brothers in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is with ^(C1)our father today, and ^(C2)one is no longer alive."

Yet Joseph said to them, "It is as I said ^(F1)to you, you are spies;

by this you will be tested: ^(C1)by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here!

"Send one of you and have him get your brother, while you remain confined, so that your words may be tested, whether there is ^(C1)truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, you are certainly spies!"

So he put them all together in ^(C1)prison for three days.