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Genesis 42:16

Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

KJV

Mittite ex vobis unum, et adducat eum : vos autem eritis in vinculis, donec probentur quæ dixistis utrum vera an falsa sint : alioquin per salutem Pharaonis exploratores estis.

Vulgate

ἀποστείλατε ἐξ ὑμῶν ἕνα, καὶ λάβετε τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὑμῶν· ὑμεῖς δὲ ἀπάχθητε ἕως τοῦ φανερὰ γενέσθαι τὰ ῥήματα ὑμῶν, εἰ ἀληθεύετε ἢ οὔ· εἰ δὲ μή, νὴ τὴν ὑγίαν Φαραώ, εἰ μὴν κατάσκοποί ἐστε.

LXX

Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

ASV

שִׁלְח֨וּ מִ/כֶּ֣ם אֶחָד֮ וְ/יִקַּ֣ח אֶת אֲחִי/כֶם֒ וְ/אַתֶּם֙ הֵאָ֣סְר֔וּ וְ/יִבָּֽחֲנוּ֙ דִּבְרֵי/כֶ֔ם הַֽ/אֱמֶ֖ת אִתְּ/כֶ֑ם וְ/אִם לֹ֕א חֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה כִּ֥י מְרַגְּלִ֖ים אַתֶּֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱמֶֽת
'mt
noun · 127×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
אָסְרָ֥ה
'srh
verb · 73×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ו
v
noun · 629×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נִי
ny
verb · 29×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
פַּרְעֹ֔ה
pr'h
proper_noun · 267×
רַגֵּ֣ל
rgl
verb · 25×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 10:3 — And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants un
  • Gen 42:11 — We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.