Genesis 42:16
Send one of you to bring your brother; the rest of you will stay in prison. This will test whether your words are true. If not, then by the life of Pharaoh, you are spies.'
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
KJV1611 – Modern English
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and you shall be kept in prison, that your words may be tested, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
Sende therfore one off you and lett him fett youre brother and ye shalbe in preason in the meane season. And thereby shall youre wordes be proued whether there be any trueth in you: or els by the lyfe of Pharao ye are but spies.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Sende awaye one of you to fetch youre brother, but ye shalbe in preson. Thus wyll I trye out yor wordes, whether ye go aboute wt trueth or not: for els, by the life of Pharao ye are spyes.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Send one of you which may fet your brother, & ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proued, whether there bee trueth in you: or els by the life of Pharaoh ye are but spies.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Sende out one of you, whiche may fet your brother, and ye shalbe kept in pryson, that your wordes may be proued whether there be any trueth in you: or els by the lyfe of Pharao, ye are but spyes.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether [there be any] truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye [are] spies.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies."
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not -- Pharaoh liveth! surely ye `are' spies;'
American Standard Version (1901)
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
American Standard Version (1901)
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
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.
World English Bible (2000)
Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies."
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
One of you must go and get your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison. In this way your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
Referenced Verses
- Gen 42:11 : 11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men; your servants are not spies.'
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Gen 42:9-157 verses90%
9Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, 'You are spies! You have come to see the weakness of the land.'
10But they said to him, 'No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy food.
11We are all sons of one man. We are honest men; your servants are not spies.'
12But Joseph insisted, 'No! You have come to see the vulnerability of the land.'
13And they said, 'Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer alive.'
14But Joseph said to them, 'It is just as I said: You are spies!
15This is how you will be tested: By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.'
- Gen 42:17-215 verses84%
17And he put them all into custody for three days.
18On the third day, Joseph said to them, 'Do this, and you will live; for I fear God.'
19If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain to relieve the hunger of your households.
20Then bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified, and you will not die.' And they did so.
21They said to one another, 'Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw the anguish of his soul when he begged us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.'
- Gen 42:31-355 verses83%
31'But we said to him, "We are honest men, not spies.
32"We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is now with our father in Canaan."'
33'Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, "This is how I will know if you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me and take food for your starving households and go.
34Bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will release your brother to you, and you may trade in the land."'
35As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man's sack was his bundle of silver. When they and their father saw the bundles of silver, they were frightened.
- Gen 43:3-75 verses74%
3But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
4If you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
5But if you do not send him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
6Israel said, “Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man that you had another brother?”
7They replied, “The man kept asking us about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How could we have known he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”
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23But you said to your servants, 'If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.'
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3He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.
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17Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Tell your brothers to do this: Load your animals and go back to the land of Canaan.'
- Gen 45:12-132 verses71%
12Look, your own eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin can see that it is my own mouth speaking to you.
13Tell my father about all the honor that I have in Egypt and everything you have seen. Hurry and bring my father down here.
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21Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me so that I may set my eyes on him.'"
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4Then Joseph said to his brothers, 'Please come closer to me.' They came closer, and he said, 'I am Joseph, your brother, the one you sold into Egypt.'
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1Joseph instructed the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man's silver in the opening of his sack."
- Gen 42:2-32 verses70%
2And he said, 'Look, I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.'
3Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
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15Joseph asked them, "What is this deed you have done? Do you not know that a man like me can certainly practice divination?"
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13Take your brother also, and get up and return to the man.