Genesis 42:20

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וְאֶת־and <obj.>

  veetH853 →10935 times

• אֲחִיכֶ֤םbrother your

  ʾachikhemH251 →630 times

• הַקָּטֹן֙<the> young

  hakatonH6996 →101 times

• תָּבִ֣יאוּyou will bring

  taviuH935 →2568 times

• אֵלַ֔יto me

  ʾelaiH413 →5510 times

• וְיֵאָמְנ֥וּso they may be verified

  veyeamenuH539 →106 times

• דִבְרֵיכֶ֖םwords your

  divreikhemH1697 →1440 times

• וְלֹ֣אand not

  velo'H3808 →5168 times

• תָמ֑וּתוּyou will die

  tamutuH4191 →839 times

• וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־and they did

  vaiyaasu-H6213 →2628 times

• כֵֽן׃so

  khenH3651 →771 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Genesis 42:34

  But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in…

  it leads to

  • Genesis 34:10

    You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

  • Genesis 34:21

    “These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to…

• Through

  Genesis 44:23

  But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’

  it leads to

  • Genesis 43:3

    But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’

  • Genesis 43:5

    But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”

• Through

  Genesis 42:15

  And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 17:55

    As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,”…

  • Genesis 42:34

    But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in…

  • Genesis 42:12

    “No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

  • Genesis 42:30

    “The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.