Genesis 42 · Verse 34

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 42:34, King James Version

Genesis 42:34 in other translations

BSBBut 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.’”
WEBBring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’”
ASVand 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 traffic in the land.
YLTand bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye are not spies, but ye are right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.'
DARBYand bring your youngest brother to me, and I shall know that ye are not spies, but are honest. Your brother will I give up to you; and ye may trade in the land.
BBEAnd come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.
WebsterAnd bring your youngest brother to me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: then will I deliver to you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.

What does Genesis 42:34 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…

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Genesis 42:34 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְ֠הָבִיאוּVe.ha.vi.'uand bringH935
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֲחִיכֶ֣ם'a.chi.Khembrother yourH251
הַקָּטֹן֮ha.ka.Ton<the> youngH6996
אֵלַי֒'e.Laito meH413
וְאֵֽדְעָ֗הve.'e.de.'Ahso let me knowH3045
כִּ֣יkithatH3588
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
מְרַגְּלִים֙me.ra.ge.Lim[are] spiesH7270
אַתֶּ֔ם'a.TemyouH859
כִּ֥יkithatH3588
כֵנִ֖יםkhe.Nim[are] honestH3651
אַתֶּ֑ם'a.TemyouH859
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֲחִיכֶם֙'a.chi.Khembrother yourH251
אֶתֵּ֣ן'e.TenI will giveH5414
לָכֶ֔םla.Khemto <the> you
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
תִּסְחָֽרוּ\׃tis.Cha.ruyou will go about inH5503

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 42:34

  • Genesis 34:10

    And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

  • Genesis 34:21

    These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

  • 1 Kings 10:15

    Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.

  • Ezekiel 17:4

    He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

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traffick.
34:10,21; 1Ki 10:15; Eze 17:4

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Context

  • 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 42:35

    And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

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Genesis 42:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y traedme á vuestro hermano el menor, para que yo sepa que no sois espías, sino hombres de verdad: así os daré á vuestro hermano, y negociaréis en la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et amenez-moi votre plus jeune frère, et je connaîtrai que vous n’êtes pas des espions, mais que vous êtes d’honnêtes gens: je vous donnerai votre frère, et vous trafiquerez dans le pays.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und bringet ihr euren jüngsten Bruder zu mir, so werde ich erkennen, daß ihr nicht Kundschafter, sondern redlich seid; euren Bruder werde ich euch zurückgeben, und ihr möget im Lande verkehren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		fratremque vestrum minimum adducite ad me, ut sciam quod non sitis exploratores: et istum, qui tenetur in vinculis, recipere possitis: ac deinceps quæ vultis, emendi habeatis licentiam.