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Genesis 42:17-19
Good News Translation
Genesis 42:17-19
Good News Translation
17 With that, he put them in prison for three days.
18 On the third day Joseph said to them, “I am a God-fearing man, and I will spare your lives on one condition. 19 To prove that you are honest, one of you will stay in the prison where you have been kept; the rest of you may go and take back to your starving families the grain that you have bought.
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Genesis 42:17-19
New International Version
Genesis 42:17-19
New International Version
17 And he put them all in custody(A) for three days.
18 On the third day, Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:(B) 19 If you are honest men,(C) let one of your brothers stay here in prison,(D) while the rest of you go and take grain back for your starving households.(E)
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