Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “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. New Living Translation “Then the man who is governor of the land told us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take grain for your starving families and go on home. English Standard Version Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I shall know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your households, and go your way. Berean Standard Bible Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go. King James Bible 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: New King James Version Then the man, the lord of the country, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, take food for the famine of your households, and be gone. New American Standard Bible But 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 households, and go. NASB 1995 “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 households, and go. NASB 1977 “And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I shall know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me and take grain for the famine of your households, and go. Legacy Standard Bible Then 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 households, and go. Amplified Bible And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, ‘By this [test] I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers here with me and take grain for your starving households and go. Christian Standard Bible The man who is the lord of the country said to us, ‘This is how I will know if you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go. Holman Christian Standard Bible The man who is the lord of the country said to us, ‘This is how I will know if you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go. American Standard Version 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; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the man, the Lord of the land, said to us, ‘In this I shall know that you are righteous: leave your one brother with me and take the grain for the hungry that are in your house and go: Brenton Septuagint Translation And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Herein shall I know that ye are peaceable; leave one brother here with me, and having taken the corn ye have purchased for your family, depart. Contemporary English Version Then the governor of Egypt told us, "I'll find out if you really are honest. Leave one of your brothers here with me, while you take the grain to your starving families. Douay-Rheims Bible And 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. English Revised Version 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 corn for the famine of your houses, and go your way: GOD'S WORD® Translation "Then the governor of that land said to us, 'This is how I'll know that you're honest men: Leave one of your brothers with me. Take food for your starving families and go. Good News Translation The man answered, 'This is how I will find out if you are honest men: One of you will stay with me; the rest will take grain for your starving families and leave. International Standard Version But the man who was in charge of the land responded, 'I'm going to test your honesty. Leave one of your brothers with me, take some grain for the famine that's afflicting your households, and leave. JPS Tanakh 1917 And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us: Hereby shall I know that ye are upright men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take corn for the famine of your houses, and go your way. Literal Standard Version And the man, the lord of the land, says to us, By this I know that you [are] right men—leave one of your brothers with me, and take [for] the famine of your houses and go, Majority Standard Bible Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go. New American Bible 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 with me, then take grain for your starving families and go. NET Bible "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. New Revised Standard Version Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I shall know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, take grain for the famine of your households, and go your way. New Heart English Bible The man, the lord of the country, 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 hunger of your households, and go your way. Webster's Bible Translation And 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: World English Bible 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. Young's Literal Translation 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, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan…32We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’ 33Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go. 34But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’ ”… Cross References Genesis 42:19 If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households. Genesis 42:20 Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die." And to this they consented. Genesis 42:32 We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.' Treasury of Scripture And 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: Genesis 42:15,19,20 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither… Jump to Previous Corn Country Depart Families Famine Food Grain Hereby Honest Households Houses Kept Leave Needs Ruler True. Upright Way WhetherJump to Next Corn Country Depart Families Famine Food Grain Hereby Honest Households Houses Kept Leave Needs Ruler True. Upright Way WhetherGenesis 42 1. Jacob sends his ten sons to buy grain in Egypt.16. They are imprisoned by Joseph as spies. 18. They are set at liberty, on condition to bring Benjamin. 21. They have remorse for Joseph. 24. Simeon is kept for a pledge. 25. They return with grain, and their money. 29. Their relation to Jacob. 36. Jacob refuses to send Benjamin. (33) Leave one of your brethren.--While acknowledging that the lord of Egypt had spoken "hard things" with them, they do not mention that Simeon was left in bonds, nor even the harsher part of the treatment which they had met with, lest Jacob should be afraid to send Benjamin on their next visit. Hebrew Then the manהָאִישׁ֙ (hā·’îš) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person who is the lord אֲדֹנֵ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller of the land הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land said וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to us, אֵלֵ֗ינוּ (’ê·lê·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to ‘This is how בְּזֹ֣את (bə·zōṯ) Preposition-b | Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, I will know אֵדַ֔ע (’ê·ḏa‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 3045: To know whether כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction you אַתֶּ֑ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you are honest: כֵנִ֖ים (ḵê·nîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 3651: So -- thus Leave הַנִּ֣יחוּ (han·nî·ḥū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 3240: Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place, one הָֽאֶחָד֙ (hā·’e·ḥāḏ) Article | Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first brother אֲחִיכֶ֤ם (’ă·ḥî·ḵem) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 251: A brother, ) with me, אִתִּ֔י (’it·tî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among take קְח֥וּ (qə·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 3947: To take food to relieve the hunger רַעֲב֥וֹן (ra·‘ă·ḇō·wn) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7459: Hunger, lack of food, famine of your households, בָּתֵּיכֶ֖ם (bāt·tê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 1004: A house and go. וָלֵֽכוּ׃ (wā·lê·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk Links Genesis 42:33 NIVGenesis 42:33 NLT Genesis 42:33 ESV Genesis 42:33 NASB Genesis 42:33 KJV Genesis 42:33 BibleApps.com Genesis 42:33 Biblia Paralela Genesis 42:33 Chinese Bible Genesis 42:33 French Bible Genesis 42:33 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 42:33 The man the lord of the land (Gen. 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