Verse 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:

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hvis dere er ærlige menn, la en av brødrene bli tilbake i fengsel, mens dere andre tar med korn for å stille sulten i hjemmet deres.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hvis dere er oppriktige menn, la en av deres brødre bli værende bundet i huset hvor dere er innelåst; dere andre, gå, ta med korn for hungeren i deres hus.

• Norsk King James

  Hvis dere er ekte menn, la en av brødrene deres være bundet i fengselet; gå dere, og ta med korn for hungersnøden til husene deres.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvis dere er hederlige, så la en av brødrene deres bli igjen i fangenskap her, mens resten av dere drar og bringer korn til familiene deres som hungersnøden har rammet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  19 Hvis dere er ærlige menn, la én av deres brødre bli i fengsel mens dere andre drar hjem med korn til sultne familier.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hvis dere er ærlige mennesker, så la en av brødrene deres bli igjen i fengslet. Dere andre skal dra og bringe korn for hungersnøden i hjemmene deres.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Hvis dere er ærlige mennesker, så la en av brødrene deres bli igjen i fengslet. Dere andre skal dra og bringe korn for hungersnøden i hjemmene deres.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvis dere er ærlige, skal én av dere bli værende i forvaring, mens de andre kan dra hjem med korn til deres familier som sulter.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If 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.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Genesis.42.19", "source": "אִם־כֵּנִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם אֲחִיכֶ֣ם אֶחָ֔ד יֵאָסֵ֖ר בְּבֵ֣ית מִשְׁמַרְכֶ֑ם וְאַתֶּם֙ לְכ֣וּ הָבִ֔יאוּ שֶׁ֖בֶר רַעֲב֥וֹן בָּתֵּיכֶֽם׃", "text": "If-*kēnîm* you, *ʾăḥîkem* one *yēʾāsēr* in *bêt* your-*mišmarkem*; and you, go, *hābîʾû* *šeber* *raʿăbôn* your-*bāttêkem*.", "grammar": { "*kēnîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - honest/truthful", "*ʾăḥîkem*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your brother", "*yēʾāsēr*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will be bound", "*bêt*": "noun, masculine singular construct - house of", "*mišmarkem*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your guard/prison", "*hābîʾû*": "hiphil imperative, masculine plural - bring", "*šeber*": "noun, masculine singular - grain", "*raʿăbôn*": "noun, masculine singular - hunger/famine", "*bāttêkem*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your houses" }, "variants": { "*kēnîm*": "honest/truthful/upright", "*šeber*": "grain/food/provisions", "*raʿăbôn*": "hunger/famine/starvation" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hvis dere er ærlige menn, la en av dere brødre bli værende fengslet i huset hvor dere har vært satt, og gå dere andre og bring mat for den hunger som er i deres hus.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dersom I ere redelige, da lader een af eders Brødre bindes i eders Forvaringshuus; men farer I (andre) hen og fører (hjem) det, som I have kjøbt mod Hunger for eders Huse.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hvis dere er ærlige menn, la en av brødrene deres være igjen i fengselet, mens dere andre reiser hjem med korn for å stagge hungersnøden i deres hjem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvis dere er ærlige menn, så la en av brødrene deres bli igjen som fange i deres fengsel; men gå dere, og ta med dere korn for hungersnøden i deres hjem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvis dere er hederlige, la én av deres brødre bli frihetsberøvet der hvor dere er holdt i forvaring, mens dere drar og henter korn for hungersnøden hjemme.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hvis dere er ærlige menn, la én av deres brødre forbli fengslet i huset dere er holdt i, men dere andre kan dra og ta med korn til deres sultende hjem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dersom dere er ærlige menn, la en av dere holdes i fengsel, mens dere andre drar for å ta korn til deres sultende familier;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Yf ye meane no hurte let one of youre brethern be bounde in the preason and goo ye and brynge the necessarie foode vnto youre housholdes

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf ye be vnfayned, let one of youre brethren lye bounde in youre preson: but go ye youre waye, and cary home the necessary foode,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  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:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bonde in the house of your pryson: and go ye, carry corne to put away the famine from your housholde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  If ye [be] true [men], let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison-house; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  if 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,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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;

• World English Bible (2000)

  If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 40:3 : 3 And he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.
• Gen 41:56 : 56 The famine was over all the face of the earth; and Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians. The famine became severe in the land of Egypt.
• Gen 42:1-2 : 1 Now when Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you look at one another? 2 And 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.
• Gen 42:26 : 26 And they loaded their donkeys with the grain, and departed from there.
• Gen 43:1-2 : 1 And the famine was severe in the land. 2 And 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.
• Gen 45:23 : 23 And to his father he sent in this manner: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and food for his father for the journey.
• Isa 42:7 : 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison house.
• Isa 42:22 : 22 But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them trapped in holes, and they are hidden in prison houses: they are for a prey, and no one delivers; for a plunder, and no one says, 'Restore.'
• Jer 37:15 : 15 Therefore the princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made that the prison.