Genesis 42:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here.

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  • 1 Sam 17:55 : 55 And when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, On your life, O king, I have no idea.
  • 1 Sam 20:3 : 3 But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your soul is living, there is only a step between me and death.
  • Jer 5:2 : 2 And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.
  • Jer 5:7 : 7 How is it possible for you to have my forgiveness for this? your children have given me up, taking their oaths by those who are no gods: when I had given them food in full measure, they were false to their wives, taking their pleasure in the houses of loose women.
  • Matt 5:33-37 : 33 Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord: 34 But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God; 35 Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King. 36 You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black. 37 But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.
  • Matt 23:16-22 : 16 A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible. 17 You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy? 18 And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible. 19 You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy? 20 He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it. 21 And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is. 22 And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.
  • Jas 5:12 : 12 But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.
  • Gen 42:7 : 7 And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.
  • Gen 42:12 : 12 And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.
  • Gen 42:16 : 16 Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.
  • Gen 42:20 : 20 And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you will not be put to death. This is what you are to do.
  • Gen 42:30 : 30 The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.
  • Gen 42:34 : 34 And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.
  • Gen 43:3 : 3 If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food:
  • Gen 44:20-34 : 20 And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father. 21 And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him. 22 And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death. 23 But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again. 24 And when we went back to your servant, our father, we gave him an account of my lord's words. 25 And our father said, Go again and get us a little food. 26 And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us. 27 And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons; 28 The one went away from me, and I said, Truly he has come to a violent death; and from that time I have not seen him, 29 If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld. 30 If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one, 31 When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld. 32 For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever. 33 So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers. 34 For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?
  • Deut 6:13 : 13 Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.
  • 1 Sam 1:26 : 26 And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to the Lord here by your side:

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  • Gen 42:16-21
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    16 Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.

    17 So he put them in prison for three days.

    18 And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:

    19 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;

    20 And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you will not be put to death. This is what you are to do.

    21 And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.

  • Gen 42:12-14
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    12 And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.

    13 Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.

    14 And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

  • Gen 42:32-35
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    32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.

    33 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;

    34 And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.

    35 And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear.

  • Gen 44:21-23
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    21 And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

    22 And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.

    23 But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again.

  • Gen 43:2-5
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    2 And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

    3 If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food:

    4 But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You are not to come before me if your brother is not with you.

    5 And Israel said, Why were you so cruel to me as to say to him that you had a brother?

  • Gen 45:17
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    17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

  • Gen 44:25-26
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    25 And our father said, Go again and get us a little food.

    26 And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us.

  • Gen 45:4-5
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    4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.

    5 Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.

  • Gen 43:7
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    7 Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.

  • Gen 47:5
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    5 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

  • Gen 45:12-13
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    12 Now truly, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which says these things to you.

    13 Give my father word of all my glory in Egypt and of all you have seen; and come back quickly with my father.

  • Gen 42:2-3
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    2 And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

    3 So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 46:31
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    31 And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;

  • Gen 44:15
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    15 And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?

  • Gen 42:9-10
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    9 Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.

    10 And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.

  • Gen 43:13-14
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    13 And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.

    14 So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

  • Gen 42:7
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    7 And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

  • Gen 45:9
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    9 Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

  • Acts 7:13
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    13 And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family.