Genesis 42:33 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 42:33 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵלֵ֗ינוּ
ʼêl
H413
to
הָאִישׁ֙
ʼîysh
H376
man
אֲדֹנֵ֣י
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
הָאָ֔רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
בְּזֹ֣את
zôʼth
H2063
this
אֵדַ֔ע
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
כִּ֥י
kîy
H3588
that
כֵנִ֖ים
kên
H3651
thus
אַתֶּ֑ם
ʼattâh
H859
you
אֲחִיכֶ֤ם
ʼâch
H251
brother
הָֽאֶחָד֙
ʼechâd
H259
one
הַנִּ֣יחוּ
yânach
H3240
to rest
אִתִּ֔י
ʼêth
H854
with
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
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רַעֲב֥וֹן
rᵉʻâbôwn
H7459
hunger
בָּתֵּיכֶ֖ם
bayith
H1004
house
קְח֥וּ
lâqach
H3947
to take
וָלֵֽכוּ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
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World English Bible Public Domain
The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'Hereby will I know that you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.
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King James Version Public Domain
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:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you honest: Leave one of your brothers with me, and take the famine of your households and go.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).