And when Joseph saw his brothers, he knew them, and estranged himself from them, and spoke harsh words to them; and said to them, Where do you come from? And they said, Out of the land of Canaan, to buy food.

And he said to them, No, but you have come to see the exposed parts of the land.

Send one of you, and take your brother; and you shall be kept in prison, until your words may be tested, whether you speak the truth or not; but, if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.

The man, the lord of the land, spoke harsh words to us, and put us in prison as spies of the land.

You shall fear the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve; and you shall cleave to Him, and by His name you shall swear.

And she said, I pray, my lord, as your soul lives, I am the woman that stood in your presence with you while praying to the Lord.

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And David answered Jonathan, and said, Your father knows surely that I have found grace in your sight, and he said, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he refuse his consent. But as the Lord lives, and your soul lives, as I said, there is but [a step] between me and death.

The Lord lives, they say; do they not therefore swear falsely?

In what [way] shall I forgive you for these things? Your sons have forsaken Me, and sworn by them that are not gods. And I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots' houses.

"Again you have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'You shall not swear falsely, but you shall pay your oaths to the Lord.'

nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

But let your word be 'Yes', 'yes,'; 'No,' 'no.' For whatever is more than these is from the evil [one].

Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, is obligated.'

And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, is obligated.'

Therefore he that swears by the altar, swears by it and by all the things on it.

And he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.

But above all, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven nor the earth, nor any other oath. But let your "Yes," be "Yes," and your "No," "No," so that you may not fall into hypocrisy.

And bring your younger brother to me, and your words shall be believed; but, if not, you shall die. And they did so.

And bring to me your younger brother; then I shall know that you are not spies, but that you are men of peace; and I will restore you your brother, and you shall trade in the land.

And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man, the lord of the country, positively testified to us, saying, You shall not see my face, unless your younger brother is with you.

And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and he has a son of his old age, a young one, and his brother is dead, and he alone has been left behind to his mother, and his father loves him.

And we said to my lord, The child will not be able to leave his father; but if he should leave his father, he will die.

And it came to pass, when we went up to your servant our father, we reported to him the words of our lord.

And we said, We shall not be able to go down; but if our younger brother go down with us, we will go down; for we shall not be able to see the man's face if our younger brother is not with us.

and one is departed from me; and you said that he was devoured by wild beasts, and I have not seen him until now.

Now then, if I should go in to your servant, and our father, and the boy should not be with us, (and his life depends on this [lad's] life)

For your servant has received the boy in charge from his father, saying, If I don't bring him to you, and place him before you, I shall be guilty towards my father forever.

For how shall I go up to my father, [if] the lad is not with us? Lest I behold the evils which will befall my father.