Genesis 42:15
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I shall now presently try what you are: by the health of Pharao, you shall not depart hence, until your youngest brother come.

Genesis 42:14
He saith, This is it that I said: You are spies.

Genesis 44:21
And thou saidst to thy servants: Bring him hither to me, and I will set my eyes on him.

1 Samuel 17:55
Now at the time that Saul saw David going out against the Philistines, he said to Abner, the captain of the army: Of what family is this young man descended, Abner? And Abner said: As thy soul liveth, O king, I know not.

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I shall now presently try what you are: by the health of Pharao, you shall not depart hence, until your youngest brother come.

By the life.

Genesis 42:7,12,16,30 And he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers, somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came you? They answered: From the land of Chanaan, to buy necessaries of life. . . .

Deuteronomy 6:13 Take heed diligently lest thou forget the Lord, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and shalt serve him only, and thou shalt swear by his name.

1 Samuel 1:26 And Anna said: I beseech thee, my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord: I am that woman, who stood before thee here praying to the Lord.

1 Samuel 17:55 Now at the time that Saul saw David going out against the Philistines, he said to Abner, the captain of the army: Of what family is this young man descended, Abner? And Abner said: As thy soul liveth, O king, I know not.

1 Samuel 20:3 And he swore again to David. And David said: Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, and he will say: Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved. But truly as the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, there is but one step (as I may say) between me and death.

Jeremiah 5:2,7 And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely. . . .

Matthew 5:33-37 Again you have heard that it was said to them of old, thou shalt not forswear thyself: but thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord. . . .

Matthew 23:16-22 Woe to you, blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by the gold of the temple is a debtor. . . .

James 5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. But let your speech be: Yea, Yea: No, No: that you fall not under judgment.

except.

Genesis 42:20,34 And bring your youngest brother to me, that I may find your words to be true, and you may not die. They did as he had said. . . .

Genesis 43:3 Juda answered: The man declared unto us with the attestation of an oath, saying: You shall not see my face, unless you bring your youngest brother with you.

Genesis 44:20-34 And we answered thee, my lord: We have a father an old man, and a young boy, that was born in his old age; whose brother by the mother is dead; and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him tenderly. . . .

Context
Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt
14He saith, This is it that I said: You are spies. 15I shall now presently try what you are: by the health of Pharao, you shall not depart hence, until your youngest brother come.16Send one of you to fetch him: and you shall be in prison, till what you have said be proved, whether it be true or false: or else by the health of Pharao you are spies.…
Lexicon
And this is how
בְּזֹ֖את (bə·zōṯ)
Preposition-b | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

you will be tested:
תִּבָּחֵ֑נוּ (tib·bā·ḥê·nū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 974: To test, to investigate

As surely as Pharaoh
פַרְעֹה֙ (p̄ar·‘ōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings

lives,
חֵ֤י (ḥê)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

you shall not
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

leave
תֵּצְא֣וּ (tê·ṣə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

this
מִזֶּ֔ה (miz·zeh)
Preposition-m | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

place unless
כִּ֧י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

your youngest
הַקָּטֹ֖ן (haq·qā·ṭōn)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6996: Small, young, unimportant

brother
אֲחִיכֶ֥ם (’ă·ḥî·ḵem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

comes
בְּב֛וֹא (bə·ḇō·w)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

here.
הֵֽנָּה׃ (hên·nāh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 2008: Hither, thither


Additional Translations
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.Hereby you shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh you shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come here.

hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

herein shall ye be manifested; by the health of Pharao, ye shall not depart hence, unless your younger brother come hither.

By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your youngest brother come hither!

hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

By this ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother shall come hither.

By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.

by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this -- except by your young brother coming hither;
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