Context 17So he put them all together in prison for three days. 18Now Joseph said to them on the third day, Do this and live, for I fear God: 19if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households, 20and bring your youngest brother to me, so your words may be verified, and you will not die. And they did so. 21Then they said to one another, Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us. 22Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not tell you, Do not sin against the boy; and you would not listen? Now comes the reckoning for his blood. 23They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them. 24He turned away from them and wept. But when he returned to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes. 25Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain and to restore every mans money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. And thus it was done for them. 26So they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed from there. 27As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. 28Then he said to his brothers, My money has been returned, and behold, it is even in my sack. And their hearts sank, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, What is this that God has done to us? Simeon Is Held Hostage 29When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying, 30The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country. 31But we said to him, We are honest men; we are not spies. 32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan. 33The man, the lord of the land, said to us, By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me and take grain for the famine of your households, and go. 34But bring your youngest brother to me that I may know that you are not spies, but honest men. I will give your brother to you, and you may trade in the land. 35Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, every mans bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed. 36Their father Jacob said to them, You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me. 37Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my care, and I will return him to you. 38But Jacob said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should befall him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd he put them all together into ward three days. Douay-Rheims Bible So he put them in prison three days. Darby Bible Translation And he put them in custody three days. English Revised Version And he put them all together into ward three days. Webster's Bible Translation And he put them all together into custody three days. World English Bible He put them all together into custody for three days. Young's Literal Translation and he removeth them unto charge three days. Library Corn in EgyptNow, there are very few minds that can make parables. The fact is, I do not know of but one good allegory in the English language, and that is, the "Pilgrim's Progress in Parables, pictures, and analogies are not so easy as some think; most men can understand them, but few can create them. Happy for us who are ministers of Christ, we have no great trouble about this matter; we have not to make parables; they are made for us. I believe that Old Testament history has for one of its designs the furnishing … Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859 Touching Jacob, However, that which He did at his Mother's Bidding... The Upbringing of Jewish Children Spiritual Hunger Shall be Satisfied Letter Xliv Concerning the Maccabees but to whom Written is Unknown. Sign Seekers, and the Enthusiast Reproved. Genesis Links Genesis 42:17 NIV • Genesis 42:17 NLT • Genesis 42:17 ESV • Genesis 42:17 NASB • Genesis 42:17 KJV • Genesis 42:17 Bible Apps • Genesis 42:17 Parallel • Bible Hub |