Genesis Chapter 42 verse 19 Holy Bible
if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses:
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If you are true men, let one of you be kept in prison, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;
read chapter 42 in BBE
If ye are honest, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison, but go ye, carry grain for the hunger of your households;
read chapter 42 in DARBY
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
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If ye are true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
read chapter 42 in WBT
If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison-house; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.
read chapter 42 in WEB
if ye `are' right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn `for' the famine of your houses,
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Ellicott's Commentary
Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewIfאִם־ (’im-)ConjunctionStrong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, notyouאַתֶּ֔ם (’at·tem)Pronoun - second person masculine pluralStrong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and youare honest,כֵּנִ֣ים (kê·nîm)Adjective - masculine pluralStrong's 3651: So -- thusleave oneאֶחָ֔ד (’e·ḥāḏ)Number - masculine singularStrong's 259: United, one, firstof your brothers in custodyיֵאָסֵ֖ר (yê·’ā·sêr)Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battlewhile the rest of youוְאַתֶּם֙ (wə·’at·tem)Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine pluralStrong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and yougoלְכ֣וּ (lə·ḵū)Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralStrong's 1980: To go, come, walkand take backהָבִ֔יאוּ (hā·ḇî·’ū)Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine pluralStrong's 935: To come in, come, go in, gograinשֶׁ֖בֶר (še·ḇer)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 7668: Corn, grainto relieve the hungerרַעֲב֥וֹן (ra·‘ă·ḇō·wn)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 7459: Hunger, lack of food, famineof your households.בָּתֵּיכֶֽם׃ (bāt·tê·ḵem)Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine pluralStrong's 1004: A houseJump to PreviousBound Carry Confined Corn Families Famine Grain Honest House Households Houses Hunger Kept Needs Prison Prison-House Rest Right Starving True. Upright Ward
