And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
Cross References
Genesis 42:14Then Joseph declared, "Just as I said, you are spies!
Genesis 44:21Then you told your servants, 'Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.'
1 Samuel 17:55As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, "Abner, whose son is this young man?" "As surely as you live, O king," Abner replied, "I do not know."
Treasury of Scripture
Hereby you shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh you shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come here.
By the life.
Genesis 42:7,12,16,30
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food…
Deuteronomy 6:13
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
1 Samuel 1:26
And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
except.
Genesis 42:20,34
But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so…
Genesis 43:3
And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
Genesis 44:20-34
And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him…