Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether [there be any] truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye [are] spies.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Envoyez l'un de vous pour chercher votre frère; et vous, restez prisonniers. Vos paroles seront éprouvées, et je saurai si la vérité est chez vous; sinon, par la vie de Pharaon! vous êtes des espions.
KJV
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether [there be any] truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye [are] spies.
Philo Judaeus
De Migratione Abrahami
ἐπαμφοτερίζον αὐτοῦ καταμάθοις ἂν κἀκ τῶν ὅρκων οὓς πεποίηται, τοτὲ μὲν ὀμνὺς „νὴ τὴν ὑγείαν Φαραώ“ (Gen. 42, 16), τοτὲ δ’ ἔμπαλιν οὐ τὴν ὑγείαν Φαραώ (Gen. 42, 15). ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν περιέχων τὴν ἀπόφασιν ὅρκος τῆς πατρικῆς ἂν εἴη διάταγμα οἰκίας ἀεὶ φονώσης κατὰ τοῦ πάθους καὶ βουλομέ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
it is not lawful to swear by a creature. On the contrary, Joseph swore "by the health of Pharaoh" ( Gn. 42:16 ). Moreover it is customary to swear by the Gospel, by relics, and by the saints. I answer that, As stated above (A[1], ad 3), there are two kinds of oath. One is uttered…
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