33And 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:


In Context

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

31 And we said unto him, We are true [men;] we are no spies:

32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

33 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:

34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true [men: so] will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.

35 And 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.

Genesis 42:33 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

42:33"Then the man who is lord over the land said to us, 'This is how I will know whether you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for your starving households and go.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

42:33And he said to us: Hereby shall I know that you are peaceable men: Leave one of your brethren with me, and take ye necessary provision for your houses, and go your ways.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

42:33And 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;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:33And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Hereby shall I know that ye are honest: leave one of your brethren with me, and take for the hunger of your households, and go,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

42:33And 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 corn for the famine of your houses, and go your way:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:33And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, By this 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 depart:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:33The 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

42:33And 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:33And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, Hereby shall I know that you are true men; leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: