Genesis 42:19
“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:”
Genesis 42:19 in 7 translations
- KJVKing 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:
- DRADouay–Rheims
- If 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.
- ASVAmerican 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:
- DARBYDarby
- 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;
- WEBThe 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.
- YLTYoung'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,
- BPVBiblePics 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.
Context: Genesis 42
17And he put them all together into ward three days.
18And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
19If 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:
20But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
21And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
About Genesis 42: Joseph's Brothers Come to Egypt for Food
Joseph's brothers come to Egypt to buy food during the famine and they do not recognize Joseph, who tests them.
Commentary
Genesis 42 is the story of Joseph's brothers coming to Egypt to buy grain during a famine. Joseph, who had been sold into slavery by his brothers years earlier, is now the ruler of Egypt. He recognizes his brothers, but they do not recognize him. Joseph tests his brothers by accusing them of being spies and imprisoning them for three days. After the three days, Joseph releases them, but he keeps one of them, Simeon, as a hostage. He sends the other brothers back to Canaan with grain and orders them to bring Benjamin, Joseph's youngest brother, back with them.