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Genesis 42:33 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: "

Genesis 42:33

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31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.

35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

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Genesis 42:19-20

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"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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Genesis 42:15

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"Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come"

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Genesis 41:43

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"And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt."

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Genesis 42:11

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"We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies."

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Genesis 43:3

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"And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother"

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Joshua 1:14

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"Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help"

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Genesis 42:1

"Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look"

Genesis 42:2

"And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die."

Genesis 42:3

"And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt."

Genesis 42:4

"But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him."

Genesis 42:5

"And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan."

Genesis 42:6

"And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth."
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