Genesis 42:16
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Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
In other translations
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
Hebrew words
שִׁלְחוּshilchusendH7971מִכֶּםmikemof <the> yourselvesאֶחָד'echadoneH259וְיִקַּחveyikachso he may fetchH3947אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֲחִיכֶם'achikhembrother yourH251וְאַתֶּםve'atemand youH859הֵאָסְרוּhe'aserube imprisonedH631וְיִבָּחֲנוּveyibachanuso they may be testedH974דִּבְרֵיכֶםdivreikhemwords yourH1697הַאֱמֶתha'emet¿ [is] truthH571אִתְּכֶם'itekhemwith youH854וְאִם־ve'im-and ifH518לֹאlo'notH3808חֵיchei[by] [the] life ofH2416פַרְעֹהfar'ohPharaohH6547כִּיkiforH3588מְרַגְּלִיםmeragelim[are] spiesH7270אַתֶּם׃'atemyouH859
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Genesis 42:11We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
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People and places
People: Pharaoh (Genesis 37)