33 “Then the man who is lord over the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for your starving households and go.(A) 34 But bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men.(B) Then I will give your brother back to you,(C) and you can trade[a] in the land.(D)’”

35 As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his pouch of silver!(E) When they and their father saw the money pouches, they were frightened.(F)

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  1. Genesis 42:34 Or move about freely

33 But the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘(A)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. 34 But bring your youngest brother to me so that I may know that you are not spies, but [a]honest men. I will give your brother to you, and you may (B)trade in the land.’”

35 Now it came about, as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, (C)every man’s bag of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bags of money, they were afraid.

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  1. Genesis 42:34 Lit you are honest

33 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:

34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.

35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

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