Verse 17
Genesis 42:17
Young's Literal Translation
17
and he removeth them unto charge three days.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֶּאֱסֹ֥ף אֹתָ֛/ם אֶל מִשְׁמָ֖ר שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִֽים
English Translation
And he gathered them to guard for three days.
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Chapter 42 Context
1
And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, 'Why do you look at each o...
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he saith also, 'Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from t...
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and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,
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and Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, 'Lest mischief m...
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And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the lan...
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and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's...
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And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speake...
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And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him,
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and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, 'Ye [are] spies; to...
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And they say unto him, 'No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;
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we [are] all of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; thy servants have not been spies;'
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and he saith unto them, 'No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'
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and they say, 'Thy servants [are] twelve brethren; we [are] sons of one man in the land of Canaan, a...
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And Joseph saith unto them, 'This [is] that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies,
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by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this -- except by your young brother coming...
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send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be prov...
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and he removeth them unto charge three days.
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And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, 'This do and live; God (Elohim) I fear!
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if ye [are] right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carr...
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and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they d...
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And they say one unto another, 'Verily we [are] guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the di...
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And Reuben answereth them, saying, 'Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye he...
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And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter [is] between them;
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and he turneth round from them, and weepeth, and turneth back unto them, and speaketh unto them, and...
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And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels [with] corn, also to put back the money of each u...
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And they lift up their corn upon their asses, and go from thence,
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and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money...
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and he saith unto his brethren, 'My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:' and their he...
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And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the thi...
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'The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land...
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and we say unto him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies,
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we [are] twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one [is] to-day with our...
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'And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye [are] right men -- one of...
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and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye [are] not spies, but ye [are] right men; yo...
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And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man's silver [is] i...
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and Jacob their father saith unto them, 'Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and...
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And Reuben speaketh unto his father, saying, 'My two sons thou dost put to death, if I bring him not...
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and he saith, 'My son doth not go down with you, for his brother [is] dead, and he by himself is lef...
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