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When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying,

"The man, the lord of the land, ^(ac)spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

But we said to him, ‘We are ^(ad)honest men; we are not spies.

We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.'

The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘^(ae)By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me and take grain for the famine of your households, and go.

But bring your youngest brother to me that I may know that you are not spies, but ^[k]honest men. I will give your brother to you, and you may ^(af)trade in the land.'"