Genesis 42:19

Easy To Read Version

If you are really honest men, then one of your brothers can stay here in prison. And the others can go and carry grain back to your people.

Cross References

Genesis 40:3

So Pharaoh put them in the same prison as Joseph. Potiphar, the commander of Pharaoh’s guards, was in charge of this prison.

Genesis 41:56

There was famine [241] everywhere, so Joseph gave the people grain from the warehouses. Joseph sold the stored grain to the people of Egypt. The famine was bad in Egypt.

Genesis 42:11

We are all brothers—we all have the same father. We are honest men. We have come only to buy food.”

Genesis 42:18

After three days, Joseph said to them, “I am a God-fearing man! Do this, and I will let you live.

Genesis 42:20

But then you must bring your youngest brother back here to me. Then I will know that you are telling the truth and you won’t have to die.”

Genesis 42:26

So the brothers put the grain on their donkeys and left.

Genesis 42:33

“Then the governor of that country said this to us, ‘Here is a way to prove that you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me. Take your grain back to your families.

Genesis 45:23

Joseph also sent gifts to his father. He sent ten donkeys with bags full of many good things from Egypt. And he sent ten female donkeys full of grain, bread, and other food for his father on his trip back.

Isaiah 42:22

But look at the people.\par Other people have defeated them\par and have stolen things from them.\par All the young men are afraid.\par They are locked in the prisons.\par People have taken their money from them.\par And there is no person to save them.\par Other people took their money.\par And there was no person to say,\par “Give it back!”\par

Isaiah 42:7

You will open the eyes of the blind people,\par and they will be able to see.\par Many people are in prison;\par you will free those people.\par Many people live in darkness;\par you will lead them out of that prison.\par

Jeremiah 37:15

Those officials were very angry with Jeremiah. They gave an order for Jeremiah to be beaten. Then they put Jeremiah in a prison. The prison was in the house of a man named Jonathan. Jonathan was a scribe {\cf2\super [322]} for the king of Judah. Jonathan’s house had been made into a prison.