Genesis 42:19

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

Jeremiah 37:15

Those officials were very angry with Jeremiah. They gave an order for Jeremiah to be beaten. Then they put him in a prison. The prison was in the house of Jonathan, a scribe for the king of Judah. His house had been made into a prison.

Isaiah 42:22

But look at his people. Others have defeated them and have stolen from them. The young men are afraid. They are locked in prisons. People have taken advantage of them, and there is no one to protect them. Others take their money, and there is no one to say, “Give it back!”

Isaiah 42:7

You will make the blind able to see. You will free those who are held as captives. You will lead those who live in darkness out of their prison.

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 loaded with grain, bread, and other food for his father on his trip back.

Genesis 42:26

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

Genesis 41:56

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

Genesis 40:3

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

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 will not have to die.” The brothers agreed to this.

Genesis 42:33

“Then the governor of that country said 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.