This is how you will be tested: as surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
Genesis 42:33 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The man who is the lord of the country said to us, “This is how I will know if you are honest: leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, By this test I will know whether or not you are honest men: leave one of your brothers here with me and take grain for your famishing households and be gone. American Standard Version (1901) And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way; Common English Bible The man, the country’s governor, told us, ‘This is how I will know you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers with me, take grain for those in your households who are hungry, and go. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to us: 'Thus will I prove that you are peaceful. Release one of your brothers to me, and take necessary provisions for your houses, and go away, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to us: Hereby shall I know that you are peaceable men; Leave one of your brethren with me, and take ye necessary provision for your houses, and go your ways. |
This is how you will be tested: as surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
We were twelve brothers, sons of the same father. One is no longer living, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.”