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Genesis 42:19

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19if 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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ESVEnglish Standard Version

if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain back for your starving households.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If you are honest, let one of you be confined to the guardhouse, while the rest of you go and take grain to relieve the hunger of your households.

NLTNew Living Translation

If you really are honest men, choose one of your brothers to remain in prison. The rest of you may go home with grain for your starving families.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If you are honest, let one of your brothers be kept in prison where you are now being kept, but the rest of you go, carry grain for the famine for your households.

KJV 1900King James Version

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: