Genesis 42:19
If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.
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- Gen 40:3 : 3 He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
- Gen 41:56 : 56 The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
- Gen 42:1-2 : 1 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?" 2 He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die."
- Gen 42:26 : 26 They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.
- Gen 43:1-2 : 1 The famine was severe in the land. 2 It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."
- Gen 45:23 : 23 He sent the following to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.
- Isa 42:7 : 7 to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
- Isa 42:22 : 22 But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. They have become a prey, and no one delivers; and a spoil, and no one says, 'Restore them!'
- Jer 37:15 : 15 The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.
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- Gen 42:31-355 verses84%
31We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.
32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.'
33The 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.
34Bring 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.'"
35It happened as they emptied their sacks, that behold, each man's bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
- Gen 42:13-186 verses84%
13They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."
14Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies!'
15By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
16Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies."
17He put them all together into custody for three days.
18Joseph said to them the third day, "Do this, and live, for I fear God.
- Gen 42:20-212 verses83%
20Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won't die." They did so.
21They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us."
- Gen 42:2-32 verses75%
2He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die."
3Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
- Gen 43:17-182 verses75%
17The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph's house.
18The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, "Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time, we're brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, attack us, and seize us as slaves, along with our donkeys."
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25Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man's money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.
- Gen 43:2-54 verses75%
2It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."
3Judah spoke to him, saying, "The man solemnly warned us, saying, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'
4If you'll send our brother with us, we'll go down and buy you food,
5but if you'll not send him, we'll not go down, for the man said to us, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'"
- Gen 44:1-22 verses75%
1He commanded the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in his sack's mouth.
2Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, with his grain money." He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
- Gen 42:10-112 verses74%
10They said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
11We are all one man's sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies."
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17Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.
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23You said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.'
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7They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"
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15Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Don't you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?"
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4Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
- Gen 43:13-142 verses72%
13Take your brother also, get up, and return to the man.
14May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."
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11There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."'
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3He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
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5The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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55When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do."
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7Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."
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8Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out of your lord's house?
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10He said, "Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom it is found will be my bondservant; and you will be blameless."
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17'You shall tell Joseph, "Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you."' Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.