Genesis 42:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.”
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“And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.”
King James Version · Public Domain“hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this--except by your young brother coming hither;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 42:15 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 42:7And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
- Genesis 42:12“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
- Genesis 42:16Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
- Genesis 42:20Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.
- Genesis 42:30“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
- Genesis 42:34But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”
- Genesis 43:3But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
- Genesis 43:5But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
- Genesis 44:20And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
- Genesis 44:21Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’
- Genesis 44:23But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
- Genesis 44:26But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’
- Deuteronomy 6:13Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
- 1 Samuel 1:26“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 17:55As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
- 1 Samuel 20:3But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
- Jeremiah 5:2Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
- Jeremiah 5:7“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.
- Matthew 5:33Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’
- Matthew 23:16Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
- James 5:12Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.
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