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,


In Context

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;'

17 and he removeth them unto charge three days.

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

19 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,

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

21 And 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.'

Genesis 42:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:19If 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:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

42:19If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain back for your starving households.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

42:19If you be peaceable men, let one of your brethren be bound in prison: and go ye your ways and carry the corn that you have bought, unto your houses.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

42:19if 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:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:19If ye are honest, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison, but go ye, carry grain for the hunger of your households;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

42:19if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison house; but go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:19If ye are 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:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:19If 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:19If you be true men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your prison: go you, carry corn for the famine of your houses: