Verse 33
Genesis 42:33
Bible in Basic English
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And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֵ֗י/נוּ הָ/אִישׁ֙ אֲדֹנֵ֣י הָ/אָ֔רֶץ בְּ/זֹ֣את אֵדַ֔ע כִּ֥י כֵנִ֖ים אַתֶּ֑ם אֲחִי/כֶ֤ם הָֽ/אֶחָד֙ הַנִּ֣יחוּ אִתִּ֔/י וְ/אֶת רַעֲב֥וֹן בָּתֵּי/כֶ֖ם קְח֥וּ וָ/לֵֽכוּ
English Translation
And he said to us, "The man, lord of the land, by this I will know that you are truly my brothers; leave one of your brothers with me, and take the hunger of your houses and go."
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Chapter 42 Context
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Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one anoth...
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And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so th...
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So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.
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But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil m...
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And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in th...
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Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of th...
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And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to...
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Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.
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Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come sec...
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And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.
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We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.
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And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.
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Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the you...
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And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;
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But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this...
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Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that you...
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So he put them in prison for three days.
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And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fear...
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If you are true men, let one of you be kept in prison, while you go and take grain for the needs of...
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And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you w...
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And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and...
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And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so...
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They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking t...
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And turning away from them, he was overcome with weeping; then he went on talking to them again and...
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Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put...
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Then they put the bags of grain on their asses and went away.
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Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his m...
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And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became...
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So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all thei...
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The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had c...
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And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;
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We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in...
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And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you b...
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And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I...
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And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in...
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And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon i...
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And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my ca...
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And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: i...
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