Genesis 42:20
World English Bible (WEB)
Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.
In context
18 Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.
19 If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.
20 Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.
21 They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”
22 Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”
Genesis 42:20 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.
- KJV King James Version
- But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.
- ASV American Standard Version
- and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.
- DBY Darby Translation
- and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But bring your youngest brother to me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.