Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain back for your starving households. New Living Translation If you really are honest men, choose one of your brothers to remain in prison. The rest of you may go home with grain for your starving families. English Standard Version if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households, Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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: New King James Version If you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined to your prison house; but you, go and carry grain for the famine of your houses. New American Standard Bible if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households, NASB 1995 if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households, NASB 1977 if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households, Legacy Standard Bible if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, bring grain for the famine of your households, Amplified Bible if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your [place here in] prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine in your households, Christian Standard Bible If you are honest, let one of you be confined to the guardhouse, while the rest of you go and take grain to relieve the hunger of your households. Holman Christian Standard Bible If you are honest, let one of you be confined to the guardhouse, while the rest of you go and take grain to relieve the hunger of your households. 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: Contemporary English Version If you are honest men, one of you must stay here in jail, and the rest of you can take the grain back to your starving families. English Revised Version if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison house; but go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses: GOD'S WORD® Translation If you are honest men, you will let one of your brothers stay here in prison. The rest of you will go and take grain back to your starving families. Good News Translation To prove that you are honest, one of you will stay in the prison where you have been kept; the rest of you may go and take back to your starving families the grain that you have bought. International Standard Version If you're honest men, leave one of your brothers here in custody, then the rest of you can leave and take some grain with you to alleviate the famine that's affecting your households. Majority Standard Bible 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. NET Bible If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families. New Heart English Bible If you are honest, then let one of your brothers remain confined in your prison; but you go and carry grain for the hunger of your households. Webster's Bible Translation If ye are 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIf you [are] right men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your confinement, and you, go, carry in grain [for] the famine of your houses, 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, Smith's Literal Translation If ye true, one of your brethren shall be bound in the house of your guard, and ye yourselves go carry the selling for the famine of your houses. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf you be peaceable men, let one of your brethren be bound in prison: and go ye your ways and carry the corn that you have bought, unto your houses. Catholic Public Domain Version If you are peaceful, let one of your brothers be bound in prison. Then you may go away and carry the grain that you have bought to your houses. New American Bible If you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in this prison, while the rest of you go and take home grain for your starving families. New Revised Standard Version if you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here where you are imprisoned. The rest of you shall go and carry grain for the famine of your households, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIf you are pious men, let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; and the rest of you, go and carry grain for the famished who are in your household; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated If you are just, your one brother will be bound in your prison house, and you go bring out grain to the hungry that are in your house: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917if ye be upright men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses; Brenton Septuagint Translation If ye be peaceable, let one of your brethren be detained in prison; but go ye, and carry back the corn ye have purchased. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt…18and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live: 19If 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. 20Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.… Cross References Genesis 44:33-34 Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers. / For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.” Genesis 43:3-5 But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’ / If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you. / But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’” Genesis 45:1-5 Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. / But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it. / Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence. ... Genesis 50:20 As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people. Exodus 1:8-11 Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt. / “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us. / Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.” ... Exodus 12:40-41 Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years. / At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt. Acts 7:9-10 Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him / and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household. Acts 7:13-14 On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh. / Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all. Hebrews 11:22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones. Romans 8:28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Matthew 6:14-15 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. / But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours. Luke 6:36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Luke 23:34 Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. / It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. / Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. ... Treasury of Scripture If you be true men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your prison: go you, carry corn for the famine of your houses: house. Genesis 40:3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. Isaiah 42:7,22 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house… Jeremiah 37:15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. carry corn. Genesis 42:1,2,26 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? … Genesis 41:56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. Genesis 43:1,2 And the famine was sore in the land… Jump to Previous Bound Carry Confined Corn Families Famine Grain Honest House Households Houses Hunger Kept Needs Prison Prison-House Rest Right Starving True. Upright WardJump to Next Bound Carry Confined Corn Families Famine Grain Honest House Households Houses Hunger Kept Needs Prison Prison-House Rest Right Starving True. Upright WardGenesis 42 1. Jacob sends his ten sons to buy grain in Egypt.16. They are imprisoned by Joseph as spies. 18. They are set at liberty, on condition to bring Benjamin. 21. They have remorse for Joseph. 24. Simeon is kept for a pledge. 25. They return with grain, and their money. 29. Their relation to Jacob. 36. Jacob refuses to send Benjamin. If you are honest This phrase challenges the integrity of Joseph's brothers. The Hebrew word for "honest" is "כֵּנִים" (kenim), which implies being truthful or upright. Joseph tests his brothers' honesty, a significant theme in the narrative, as it contrasts with their past deceit when they sold him into slavery. This moment is pivotal, as it sets the stage for their moral and spiritual growth, encouraging readers to reflect on the importance of truthfulness in their own lives. let one of your brothers stay here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back to relieve the hunger of your households Hebrew Ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you אַתֶּ֔ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you are honest, כֵּנִ֣ים (kê·nîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 3651: So -- thus leave one אֶחָ֔ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first of your brothers in custody יֵאָסֵ֖ר (yê·’ā·sêr) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battle while the rest of you וְאַתֶּם֙ (wə·’at·tem) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you go לְכ֣וּ (lə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk and take back הָבִ֔יאוּ (hā·ḇî·’ū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go grain שֶׁ֖בֶר (še·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7668: Corn, grain to relieve the hunger רַעֲב֥וֹן (ra·‘ă·ḇō·wn) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7459: Hunger, lack of food, famine of your households. בָּתֵּיכֶֽם׃ (bāt·tê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 1004: A house Links Genesis 42:19 NIVGenesis 42:19 NLT Genesis 42:19 ESV Genesis 42:19 NASB Genesis 42:19 KJV Genesis 42:19 BibleApps.com Genesis 42:19 Biblia Paralela Genesis 42:19 Chinese Bible Genesis 42:19 French Bible Genesis 42:19 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 42:19 If you are honest men then let (Gen. 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