Genesis 42:20

Genesis 42:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
• New International Version (NIV)But you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified and that you may not die.” This they proceeded to do.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and bring your youngest brother to me. So your words will be verified, and you shall not die." And they did so.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And bring your youngest brother to me; so your words will be verified, and you shall not die.” And they did so.

Context of Genesis 42:20

18Now Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and [you may] live, for I fear God: 19if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your [place here in] prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine in your households, but bring your youngest brother to me, so your words will be verified and you will not die.” And they did so. 21And they said to one another, “Truly we are guilty regarding our brother [Joseph], because we saw the distress and anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us [to let him go], yet we would not listen [to his cry]; so this distress and anguish has come on us.” 22Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; and you would not listen? Now the accounting for his blood is required [of us for we are guilty of his death].”

Genesis 42:20 word by word

וְאֶת־אֲחִיכֶ֤ם הַקָּטֹן֙ תָּבִ֣יאוּ אֵלַ֔י וְיֵאָמְנ֥וּ דִבְרֵיכֶ֖ם וְלֹ֣א תָמ֑וּתוּ וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־כֵֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• your youngestקָטֹןqâţân qâţôn · small: youngH6996
• brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• unto me; so shall your wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• be verifiedאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539
• and ye shall not dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• And they didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for Genesis 42:20

• Genesis 42:15In this way you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here!
• Genesis 43:5But if you will not send him, we will not go down there; for the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’ ”
• Genesis 44:23You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes with you, you shall not see my face again.’
• Genesis 42:26They loaded their donkeys with grain and left from there.
• Genesis 6:22So Noah did this; according to all that God commanded him, that is what he did.
• John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”

Commentaries on Genesis 42:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-38Verses 1-38 - Joseph and Ten of His Brethren 1. שׁבר sheber “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar “pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain). 6. שׁליט shallı̂yṭ “ruler, governor, hence,” Sultan. Not elsewhere found in the Pentateuch. 25. כלי kelı̂y “vessel,” here any portable article in which grain may be conveyed. שׂק śaq “sack,” the very word which remains in our language to this day. אמתחת 'amtachath “bag.” Twenty years, the period of Joseph‘s long…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-20Verses 7-20 Joseph was hard upon his brethren, not from a spirit of revenge, but to bring them to repentance. Not seeing his brother Benjamin, he suspected that they had made away with him, and he gave them occasion to speak of their father and brother. God, in his providence, sometimes seems harsh with those he loves, and speaks roughly to those for whom yet he has great mercy in store. Joseph settled at last, that one of them should be left, and the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-20Rather than keep all but one, Joseph would release all but one to take grain home to their starving families.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2417-24. put them ... into ward three days--Their confinement had been designed to bring them to salutary reflection. And this object was attained, for they looked upon the retributive justice of God as now pursuing them in that foreign land. The drift of their conversation is one of the most striking instances on record of the power of conscience [Ge 42:21, 22].Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 42:20

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In the dictionaries

• Bereave
• Espy
• Famine
• Fear
• Joseph
• Lade
• Lord
• Nakedness
• Sack
• Traffick

Commentaries on Genesis 42

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings