Skip to main content

Genesis 42:19

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

Si pacifici estis, frater vester unus ligetur in carcere : vos autem abite, et ferte frumenta quæ emistis, in domos vestras,

Vulgate

εἰ εἰρηνικοί ἐστε, ἀδελφὸς ὑμῶν εἷς κατασχεθήτω ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ· αὐτοὶ δὲ βαδίσατε καὶ ἀπαγάγετε τὸν ἀγορασμὸν τῆς σιτοδοσίας ὑμῶν,

LXX

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:

ASV

אִם כֵּנִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם אֲחִי/כֶ֣ם אֶחָ֔ד יֵאָסֵ֖ר בְּ/בֵ֣ית מִשְׁמַרְ/כֶ֑ם וְ/אַתֶּם֙ לְכ֣וּ הָבִ֔יאוּ שֶׁ֖בֶר רַעֲב֥וֹן בָּתֵּי/כֶֽם

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
אָסְרָ֥ה
'srh
verb · 73×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ו
v
noun · 629×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
מִשְׁמָֽר
mshmr
noun · 22×
רַעֲב֥וֹן
r'bvn
noun · 3×
שֶׁ֖בֶר
shbr
noun · 9×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gen 42:11 — We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
  • Gen 42:33 — 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: