Genesis 42:33

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, Hereby shall I know that you are honest men; leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    '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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take [grain for] the famine of your houses, and go your way;

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And the LORde of the countre sayde vnto us: here by shall I knowe yf ye meane truely: leaue one of youre brethern here with me and take foode necessary for youre housholdes and get you away

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    He sayde: Hereby wyl I marke, that ye are vnfayned: Leaue one of youre brethren with me, & take foode necessary for youre houses, & go youre waye,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then 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,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the Lorde of the countrey sayde agayne vnto vs, Hereby shall I know that ye meane truely: leaue one of your brethren here with me, and take foode to put away the famine fro your householdes, and get you away.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye [are] true [men]; leave one of your brethren [here] with me, and take [food for] the famine of your households, and be gone:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'Hereby will I know that you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye `are' right men -- one of your brethren leave with me, and `for' the famine of your houses take ye and go,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take `grain for' the famine of your houses, and go your way;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take [grain for] the famine of your houses, and go your way;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 42:19-20 : 19 If you are honest men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your prison: go, carry grain for the famine of your houses: 20 But bring your youngest brother to me; so shall your words be proven true, and you shall not die. And they did so.
  • Gen 42:15 : 15 Hereby you shall be tested: By the life of Pharaoh you shall not go forth from here, except your youngest brother come here.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 42:34-35
    2 verses
    89%

    34And bring your youngest brother to me: then shall I know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men: so will I deliver you your brother, and you shall trade in the land.

    35And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

  • Gen 42:30-32
    3 verses
    85%

    30The man, who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

    31And we said to him, We are honest men; we are not spies:

    32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 42:19-20
    2 verses
    84%

    19If you are honest men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your prison: go, carry grain for the famine of your houses:

    20But bring your youngest brother to me; so shall your words be proven true, and you shall not die. And they did so.

  • Gen 42:10-16
    7 verses
    81%

    10And they said to him, No, my lord, but to buy food your servants have come.

    11We are all one man's sons; we are honest men, your servants are not spies.

    12And he said to them, No, but to see the nakedness of the land you have come.

    13And they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.

    14And Joseph said to them, That is it that I spoke to you, saying, You are spies:

    15Hereby you shall be tested: By the life of Pharaoh you shall not go forth from here, except your youngest brother come here.

    16Send 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.

  • Gen 43:2-8
    7 verses
    81%

    2And it came to pass, when they had consumed the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

    3And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly warned us, saying, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.

    4If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food:

    5But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.

    6And Israel said, Why did you deal so wrongfully with me, as to tell the man whether you had yet a brother?

    7And they said, The man asked us specifically about our state and kindred, saying, Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother? And we answered him according to these words: could we know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

    8And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, you, and also our little ones.

  • Gen 44:22-27
    6 verses
    79%

    22And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

    23And you said to your servants, Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.

    24And it came to pass when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

    25And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

    26And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man's face, unless our youngest brother is with us.

    27And your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons:

  • Gen 42:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: go down there, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die.

    3And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

  • Gen 44:32-33
    2 verses
    77%

    32For your servant became a guarantee for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever.

    33Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant stay instead of the lad as a slave to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brothers.

  • Gen 43:13-15
    3 verses
    76%

    13Take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man:

    14And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

    15And the men took that gift, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

  • Gen 42:7
    76%

    7And Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them; and he said to them, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

  • Gen 44:8
    75%

    8Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan: how then should we steal silver or gold from your lord's house?

  • Gen 44:1
    75%

    1And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack.

  • Gen 44:20
    75%

    20And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.

  • Gen 43:17
    75%

    17And the man did as Joseph ordered; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

  • Gen 43:22
    75%

    22And other money we have brought down in our hands to buy food: we do not know who put our money in our sacks.

  • Gen 45:17
    74%

    17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: load your animals and go, get to the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 43:20
    74%

    20And said, O sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food:

  • Gen 46:32
    74%

    32And the men are shepherds, for their occupation has been to feed livestock; and they have brought their flocks, herds, and all that they have.

  • Gen 42:25
    74%

    25Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey: and thus he did to them.