Genesis 42:31-34 ▼

31 We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.

32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Canaan.’

33 The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘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 houses, and go your way.

34 Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’”