Genesis 42:19
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bounde in your prison house, and goe ye, carie foode for the famine of your houses:
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- Gen 40:3 : 3 Therefore he put them in ward in his chiefe stewardes house, in the prison and place where Ioseph was bound.
- Gen 41:56 : 56 When the famine was vpon all the land, Ioseph opened all places, wherein the store was, and solde vnto the Egyptians: for the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
- Gen 42:1-2 : 1 Then Iaakob saw that there was foode in Egypt, and Iaakob said vnto his sonnes, Why gaze ye one vpon an other? 2 And he said, Behold, I haue heard that there is foode in Egypt, Get you downe thither, & bie vs foode thence, that we may liue and not die.
- Gen 42:26 : 26 And they layed their vitaile vpon their asses, and departed thence.
- Gen 43:1-2 : 1 Now great famine was in the land. 2 And when they had eaten vp the vitaile, which they had brought from Egypt, their father sayd vnto them, Turne againe, and bye vs a little foode.
- Gen 45:23 : 23 And vnto his father likewise hee sent ten hee asses laden with the best things of Egypt, and ten shee asses laden with wheate, and bread and meate for his father by the way.
- Isa 42:7 : 7 That thou maist open the eyes of the blind, and bring out the prisoners from the prison: and them that sitte in darkenesse, out of the prison house.
- Isa 42:22 : 22 But this people is robbed & spoiled, and shalbe all snared in dungeons, and they shalbe hid in prison houses: they shall be for a pray, and none shall deliuer: a spoile, and none shall say, Restore.
- Jer 37:15 : 15 Wherefore the princes were angry with Ieremiah, and smote him, and layde him in prison in the house of Iehonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
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- Gen 42:31-355 verses84%
31And we sayd vnto him, We are true men, and are no spies.
32We be twelue brethren, sonnes of our father: one is not, and the yongest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
33Then the Lord of the countrey sayde vnto vs, Hereby shal I knowe if ye be true men: Leaue one of your brethren with me, and take foode for the famine of your houses and depart,
34And bring your yongest brother vnto me, that I may knowe that ye are no spies, but true men: so will I deliuer you your brother, and yee shall occupie in the land.
35And as they emptied their sacks, behold, euery mans bundel of money was in his sacke: and when they and their father sawe the bundels of their money, they were afrayde.
- Gen 42:13-186 verses84%
13And they said, We thy seruants are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Canaan: and beholde, the yongest is this day with our father, and one is not.
14Againe Ioseph sayde vnto them, This is it that I spake vnto you, saying, Ye are spies.
15Hereby ye shall be proued: by the life of Pharaoh, ye shal not goe hence, except your yongest brother come hither.
16Send 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.
17So he put them in warde three dayes.
18Then Ioseph said vnto them the third day, This do, and liue: for I feare God.
- Gen 42:20-212 verses83%
20But bring your yonger brother vnto me, that your wordes may be tried, and that ye dye not: and they did so.
21And they said one to another, We haue verily sinned against our brother, in that we sawe the anguish of his soule, when he besought vs, and we would not heare him: therefore is this trouble come vpon vs.
- Gen 42:2-32 verses75%
2And he said, Behold, I haue heard that there is foode in Egypt, Get you downe thither, & bie vs foode thence, that we may liue and not die.
3So went Iosephs ten brethren downe to bye corne of the Egyptians.
- Gen 43:17-182 verses75%
17And the man did as Ioseph bad, & brought the men vnto Iosephs house.
18Nowe when the men were brought into Iosephs house, they were afrayd, & sayd, Because of the money, that came in our sackes mouthes at the first time, are we brought, that hee may picke a quarrell against vs, and lay some thing to our charge, and bring vs in bondage and our asses.
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25So Ioseph commanded that they should fill their sackes with wheate, and put euery mans money againe in his sacke, and giue them vitaile for the iourney: and thus did he vnto them.
- Gen 43:2-54 verses75%
2And when they had eaten vp the vitaile, which they had brought from Egypt, their father sayd vnto them, Turne againe, and bye vs a little foode.
3And Iudah answered him, saying, The man charged vs by an othe, saying, Neuer see my face, except your brother be with you.
4If thou wilt sende our brother with vs, we will goe downe, and bye thee foode:
5But if thou wilt not send him, we wil not go downe: for the man said vnto vs, Looke me not in the face, except your brother be with you.
- Gen 44:1-22 verses75%
1Afterward he commanded his steward, saying, Fill the mens sackes with foode, as much as they can carry, and put euery mans money in his sackes mouth.
2And put my cup, I meane the siluer cup, in the sackes mouth of the yongest, and his corne money; he did according to the commandement that Ioseph gaue him.
- Gen 42:10-112 verses74%
10But they sayde vnto him, Nay, my lorde, but to bye vitayle thy seruants are come.
11Wee are all one mans sonnes: wee meane truely, and thy seruants are no spies.
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17Then Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, Say to thy brethren, This doe ye, lade your beastes & depart, go to the land of Canaan,
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23Then saydest thou vnto thy seruants, Except your yonger brother come downe with you, looke in my face no more.
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7And they answered, The man asked straitly of our selues and of our kinred, saying, Is your father yet aliue? haue ye any brother? And wee tolde him according to these wordes: could we knowe certainely that he would say, Bring your brother downe?
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15Then Ioseph sayd vnto them, What acte is this, which ye haue done? know ye not that such a man as I, can deuine and prophecie?
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4Againe, Ioseph sayde to his brethren, Come neere, I pray you, to mee; they came neere; he sayde, I am Ioseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
- Gen 43:13-142 verses72%
13Take also your brother and arise, and go againe to the man.
14And God almightie giue you mercie in the sight of the man, that hee may deliuer you your other brother, and Beniamin: but I shall be robbed of my childe, as I haue bene.
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11Also I will nourish thee there (for yet remaine fiue yeeres of famine) lest thou perish through pouertie, thou and thy houshold, and all that thou hast.
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3Therefore he put them in ward in his chiefe stewardes house, in the prison and place where Ioseph was bound.
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5And the sonnes of Israel came to bye foode among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan.
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55At the length all the lande of Egypt was affamished, and the people cryed to Pharaoh for bread; Pharaoh said vnto all the Egyptians, Goe to Ioseph: what he sayth to you, doe ye.
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7And when Ioseph sawe his brethren, hee knewe them, and made himselfe straunge toward them, and spake to them roughly, and saide vnto them, Whence come yee? Who answered, Out of the land of Canaan, to bye vitaile.
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8Behold, the money which we found in our sackes mouthes, wee brought againe to thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steale out of thy lordes house siluer or golde?
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10And he said, Now then let it be according vnto your wordes: he with whome it is found, shal be my seruant, and ye shalbe blamelesse.
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17Thus shal ye say vnto Ioseph, Forgiue now, I pray thee, the trespasse of thy brethren, and their sinne: for they rewarded thee euil; nowe, we pray thee, forgiue the trespasse of the seruants of thy fathers God; Ioseph wept, when they spake vnto him.