Holy Scripture
Genesis 42:13
A church father on this verse
“O what duplicity! They included in the number even the one sold to merchants and said not "We were twelve" but "We are twelve; see, the youngest is with our father." This in fact was what Joseph was anxious to learn, whether or not they had treated their brother in the same way. "See, the youngest is with our father,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
13And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is with our father today, but the other one is not.
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In context
11we are all sons of one man; we are peaceable, thy servants are not spies.
12And he said to them, Nay, but ye are come to observe the marks of the land.
— Genesis 42:13 —
14And Joseph said to them, This is it that I spoke to you, saying, ye are spies;
15herein shall ye be manifested; by the health of Pharaoh, ye shall not depart hence, unless your younger brother come hither.