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Genesis 42:19

If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.

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ASV

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:

KJV

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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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אִם־'im-ifH518
כֵּנִ֣יםke.Nim[are] honestH3651
אַתֶּ֔ם'a.TemyouH859
אֲחִיכֶ֣ם'a.chi.Khembrother yourH251
אֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadoneH259
יֵאָסֵ֖רye.'a.Serlet him be imprisonedH631
בְּבֵ֣יתbe.Veitin [the] house ofH1004
מִשְׁמַרְכֶ֑םmish.mar.Khemcustody yourH4929
וְאַתֶּם֙ve.'a.Temand youH859
לְכ֣וּle.KhugoH1980
הָבִ֔יאוּha.Vi.'utakeH935
שֶׁ֖בֶרShe.ver[the] grain ofH7668
רַעֲב֥וֹןra.'a.Von[the] hunger ofH7459
בָּתֵּיכֶֽם׃ba.tei.Khemhouseholds yourH1004

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The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain