Genesis 42:16 KJV
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.
Thou and Ye
- you, your, ye more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Joseph's treatment of his brethrenJoseph 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...
Thompson Chains
- PrisonsSee the chain from Genesis 40:3 · 7 links
- TruthfulnessSee the chain from Proverbs 12:19 · 3 links
Cross References
- Genesis 42:11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
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Topics
- Benjamin Taken into Egypt
- Commerce Egyptians
- Deception Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers
- Dissembling Joseph
- Exports Of corn (grain)
- Falsehood Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers
- Hypocrisy Joseph’s deceiving his brothers
- Joseph His father sends down into Egypt to buy corn (grain)
- Prison General scriptures concerning Prison
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1745–1635 BC · Joseph
Bible Dictionary
- PharaohThe official title borne by the Egyptian kings down to the time when that country was conquered by the Greeks. (See Egypt.) The name is a...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Send שִׁלְחוּ šilḥû שָׁלַח Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine plural
- one מִכֶּם mikkem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural אֶחָד ʾeḥād אֶחָד Number · masculine singular
- of you, and let him fetch וְיִקַּח wĕyiqqaḥ לָקַח Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- your brother אֶת ʾet Object marker אֲחִיכֶם ʾăḥîkem אָח Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
- and ye shall be kept in prison וְאַתֶּם wĕʾattem Pronoun · second person masculine plural · with and הֵאָסְרוּ hēʾosrû אָסַר Verb · niphal imperative, second person masculine plural
- that your words דִּבְרֵיכֶם dibrêkem דָּבָר Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
- may be proved וְיִבָּחֲנוּ wĕyibbāḥănû בָּחַן Verb · niphal imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- whether there be any truth הַאֱמֶת haʾĕmet אֶמֶת Noun · feminine singular · with question וְאִם wĕʾim Conjunction
- in אִתְּכֶם ʾittĕkem אֵת Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural
- you: or else לֹא lōʾ לֹא Negative
- by the life חֵי ḥê חַי Adjective · masculine singular
- of Pharaoh פַרְעֹה parʿô פַּרְעֹה Proper name
- surely ye are spies כִּי kî Conjunction מְרַגְּלִים mĕraggĕlîm רָגַל Verb · piel active participle, masculine plural אַתֶּם ʾattem Pronoun · second person masculine plural
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