Genesis 42:19

God's Word

If you are honest men, you will let one of your brothers stay here in prison. The rest of you will go and take grain back to your starving families.

Cross References

Genesis 40:3

He put them in the prison of the captain of the guard, the same place where Joseph was a prisoner.

Genesis 41:56

When the famine had spread all over the country, Joseph opened all the storehouses  and sold grain to the Egyptians. He did this because the famine was severe in Egypt.

Genesis 42:11

We’re all sons of one man. We’re honest men, not spies.”

Genesis 42:18

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

Genesis 42:20

But you must bring me your youngest brother. This will show that you’ve been telling the truth. Then you won’t die.” So they agreed.

Genesis 42:26

they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.

Genesis 42:33

“Then the governor of that land said to us, ‘This is how I’ll know that you’re honest men: Leave one of your brothers with me. Take food for your starving families and go.

Genesis 45:23

He sent his father ten male donkeys carrying Egypt’s best products and ten female donkeys carrying grain, bread, and food for his father’s trip.

Isaiah 42:22

But these people are robbed and looted. They are all trapped in pits and hidden in prisons. They have become prey with no one to rescue them. They have become loot with no one to say, “Give it back.”

Isaiah 42:7

You will give sight to the blind, bring prisoners out of prisons, and bring those who live in darkness out of dungeons.

Jeremiah 37:15

The officials were so angry with Jeremiah that they beat him and put him in prison in the scribe Jonathan’s house, which had been turned into a prison.