Genesis 42:19

English Standard Version 2016

if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households,

Cross References

Jeremiah 37:15

And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him and imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.

Isaiah 42:22

But this is a people plundered and looted; they are all of them trapped in holes and hidden in prisons; they have become plunder with none to rescue, spoil with none to say, “Restore!”

Isaiah 42:7

to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.

Genesis 45:23

To his father he sent as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and provision for his father on the journey.

Genesis 42:26

Then they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed.

Genesis 41:56

So when the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

Genesis 40:3

and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.

Genesis 42:11

We are all sons of one man. We are honest men. Your servants have never been spies.”

Genesis 42:18

On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:

Genesis 42:20

and bring your youngest brother to me. So your words will be verified, and you shall not die.” And they did so.

Genesis 42:33

Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I shall know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your households, and go your way.