Holy Scripture
Genesis 42:19
Source: Septuagint
Original
19If ye be peaceable, let one of your brethren be detained in prison; but go ye, and carry back the corn ye have purchased.
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17And he put them in prison three days.
18And he said to them on the third day, This do, and ye shall live, for I fear God.
— Genesis 42:19 —
20And bring your younger brother to me, and your words shall be believed; but, if not, ye shall die. And they did so.
21And each said to his brother, Yes, indeed, for we are in fault concerning our brother, when we disregarded the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we hearkened not to him; and therefore has this affliction come upon us.