Graphic Bible · Scene 30 of 34

The brothers recount the governor’s conditions to Jacob in Canaan.
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Genesis 42:33-34

The Governor’s Terms Recounted

The Brothers Before Joseph · Genesis 42

Story guide: The brothers report the demand to bring their youngest brother and recover the one held.

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33Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest: leave one of your brothers with me, take grain for the famine of your households, and go.’

34Bring your youngest brother to me, so that I may know that you are not spies, but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you may trade in the land.”

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