Genesis 42:19 “If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the res…”

Genesis 42:19

If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

World English Bible

If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.

American Standard Version

if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses:

Geneva Bible 1599

If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bounde in your prison house, and goe ye, carie foode for the famine of your houses:

Darby Translation

If ye are honest, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison, but go ye, carry grain for the hunger of your households;

Young's Literal Translation

if ye [are] right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn [for] the famine of your houses,

Bible in Basic English

If you are true men, let one of you be kept in prison, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

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Cross references

“house”

Genesis 40:3 Isaiah 42:7 Isaiah 42:22 Jeremiah 37:15

Genesis 40:3 · BSB

and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.

Isaiah 42:7 · BSB

to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.

Isaiah 42:22 · BSB

But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”

Jeremiah 37:15 · BSB

The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.

“carry corn”

Genesis 42:26 Genesis 41:56 Genesis 45:23 Genesis 42:1 Genesis 42:2 Genesis 43:1

Genesis 42:26 · BSB

and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.

Genesis 41:56 · BSB

When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

Genesis 45:23 · BSB

And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.

Genesis 42:1 · BSB

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

Genesis 42:2 · BSB

“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”

Genesis 43:1 · BSB

Now the famine was still severe in the land.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

20Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.

Read Genesis 42