Devine Scripture

Genesis 42:19

Genesis chapter 42 · verse 19 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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:

Context

v.18And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

v.19This passage

v.20and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 42:1

    Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

  • Jeremiah 37:15

    And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.

  • Genesis 45:23

    And to his father he sent after this manner: ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.

  • Genesis 41:56

    And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.

  • Genesis 40:3

    And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

  • Genesis 43:1

    And the famine was sore in the land.