Genesis 42:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this -- except by your young brother coming hither;

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  • 1 Sam 17:55 : 55 And when Saul seeth David going out to meet the Philistine, he hath said unto Abner, head of the host, `Whose son `is' this -- the youth, Abner?' and Abner saith, `Thy soul liveth, O king, I have not known.'
  • 1 Sam 20:3 : 3 And David sweareth again, and saith, `Thy father hath certainly known that I have found grace in thine eyes, and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; and yet, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, but -- as a step between me and death.'
  • Jer 5:2 : 2 And if they say, `Jehovah liveth,' Surely to a falsehood they swear.
  • Jer 5:7 : 7 For this I am not propitious to thee, Thy sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by that which is not god, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together.
  • Matt 5:33-37 : 33 `Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths; 34 but I -- I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God, 35 nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king, 36 nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black; 37 but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.
  • Matt 23:16-22 : 16 `Wo to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary -- is debtor! 17 Fools and blind! for which `is' greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold? 18 `And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it -- is debtor! 19 Fools and blind! for which `is' greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift? 20 `He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on it; 21 and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it; 22 and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.
  • Jas 5:12 : 12 And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.
  • Gen 42:7 : 7 And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?' and they say, `From the land of Canaan -- to buy food.'
  • Gen 42:12 : 12 and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'
  • Gen 42:16 : 16 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;'
  • Gen 42:20 : 20 and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.
  • Gen 42:30 : 30 `The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;
  • Gen 42:34 : 34 and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye `are' not spies, but ye `are' right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.'
  • Gen 43:3 : 3 And Judah speaketh unto him, saying, `The man protesting protested to us, saying, Ye do not see my face without your brother `being' with you;
  • Gen 44:20-34 : 20 and we say unto my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father hath loved him. 21 `And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set mine eye upon him; 22 and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died; 23 and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face. 24 `And it cometh to pass, that we have come up unto thy servant my father, that we declare to him the words of my lord; 25 and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food, 26 and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man's face, and our young brother not with us. 27 `And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye -- ye have known that two did my wife bare to me, 28 and the one goeth out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn -- torn! and I have not seen him since; 29 when ye have taken also this from my presence, and mischief hath met him, then ye have brought down my grey hairs with evil to sheol. 30 `And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul), 31 then it hath come to pass when he seeth that the youth is not, that he hath died, and thy servants have brought down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to sheol; 32 for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee -- then I have sinned against my father all the days. 33 `And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren, 34 for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'
  • Deut 6:13 : 13 Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, and Him thou dost serve, and by His name thou dost swear;
  • 1 Sam 1:26 : 26 and she saith, `O, my lord, thy soul liveth! my lord, I `am' the woman who stood with thee in this `place', to pray unto Jehovah;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 42:16-21
    6 verses
    90%

    16send 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;'

    17and he removeth them unto charge three days.

    18And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, `This do and live; God I fear!

    19if ye `are' right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn `for' the famine of your houses,

    20and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.

    21And they say one unto another, `Verily we `are' guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.'

  • Gen 42:12-14
    3 verses
    84%

    12and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'

    13and they say, `Thy servants `are' twelve brethren; we `are' sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one `is' with our father to-day, and the one is not.'

    14And Joseph saith unto them, `This `is' that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye `are' spies,

  • Gen 42:32-35
    4 verses
    83%

    32we `are' twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one `is' to-day with our father in the land of Canaan.

    33`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,

    34and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye `are' not spies, but ye `are' right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.'

    35And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man's silver `is' in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;

  • Gen 44:21-23
    3 verses
    82%

    21`And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set mine eye upon him;

    22and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;

    23and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face.

  • Gen 43:2-5
    4 verses
    78%

    2and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, `Turn back, buy for us a little food.'

    3And Judah speaketh unto him, saying, `The man protesting protested to us, saying, Ye do not see my face without your brother `being' with you;

    4if thou art sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for thee food,

    5and if thou art not sending -- we do not go down, for the man said unto us, Ye do not see my face without your brother `being' with you.'

  • Gen 45:17
    76%

    17and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, enter ye the land of Canaan,

  • Gen 44:25-26
    2 verses
    76%

    25and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food,

    26and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man's face, and our young brother not with us.

  • Gen 45:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `Come nigh unto me, I pray you,' and they come nigh; and he saith, `I `am' Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt;

    5and now, be not grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that ye sold me hither, for to preserve life hath God sent me before you.

  • Gen 43:7
    75%

    7and they say, `The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? and we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?'

  • Gen 47:5
    75%

    5And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph, saying, `Thy father and thy brethren have come unto thee:

  • Gen 45:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12`And lo, your eyes are seeing, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that `it is' my mouth which is speaking unto you;

    13and ye have declared to my father all my honour in Egypt, and all that ye have seen, and ye have hasted, and have brought down my father hither.'

  • Gen 42:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;'

    3and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,

  • Gen 46:31
    74%

    31And Joseph saith unto his brethren, and unto the house of his father, `I go up, and declare to Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and the house of my father who `are' in the land of Canaan have come in unto me;

  • Gen 44:15
    73%

    15and Joseph saith to them, `What `is' this deed that ye have done? have ye not known that a man like me doth diligently observe?'

  • Gen 42:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, `Ye `are' spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.'

    10And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;

  • Gen 43:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13`And take your brother, and rise, turn back unto the man;

    14and God Almighty give to you mercies before the man, so that he hath sent to you your other brother and Benjamin; and I, when I am bereaved -- I am bereaved.'

  • Gen 42:7
    72%

    7And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?' and they say, `From the land of Canaan -- to buy food.'

  • Gen 45:9
    72%

    9`Haste, and go up unto my father, then ye have said to him, Thus said Joseph thy son, God hath set me for lord to all Egypt; come down unto me, stay not,

  • Acts 7:13
    72%

    13and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred became manifest to Pharaoh,