Genesis 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:
Genesis 42:33 in other translations
| BSB | 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. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | 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; |
| YLT | ‘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, |
| DARBY | And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Hereby shall I know that ye are honest: leave one of your brethren with me, and take for the hunger of your households, and go, |
| BBE | And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families; |
| Webster | 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: |
What does Genesis 42:33 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 42:29-38
Here is the report Jacob's sons made to their father. It troubled the good man. Even the bundles of money Joseph returned, in kindness, to his father, frightened him. He laid the fault upon his sons; knowing them, he feared they had provoked the Egyptians, and wrongfully brought home their money. Jacob plainly distrusted his sons, remembering that he never saw Joseph since he had been with them. It is bad with a…
Genesis 42:33 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 42:33
- Genesis 42:19-20
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: But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
- Genesis 42:15
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
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Context
- Genesis 42:32
We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 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:
- Genesis 42:34
And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
Genesis 42:33 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y aquel varón, señor de la tierra, nos dijo: En esto conoceré que sois hombres de verdad; dejad conmigo uno de vuestros hermanos, y tomad para el hambre de vuestras casas, y andad, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’homme, le seigneur du pays, nous a dit: À ceci je connaîtrai que vous êtes d’honnêtes gens: Laissez auprès de moi l’un de vos frères, et prenez du blé pour la faim de vos maisons, et allez-vous-en. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Mann, der Herr des Landes, sprach zu uns: Daran werde ich erkennen, daß ihr redlich seid: Einen eurer Brüder lasset bei mir, und nehmet den Bedarf eurer Häuser und ziehet hin; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui ait nobis: Sic probabo quod pacifici sitis: fratrem vestrum unum dimittite apud me, et cibaria domibus vestris necessaria sumite, et abite, |