Genesis 42:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 42:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 42:19 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of yo..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 42:19 — KJV
“If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:”
— Genesis 42:19 (KJV)
Genesis 42:19 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 42:19
“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:”
Shares key themes with Genesis 42:19: true, men, one
“But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. they are all...: or, in snaring all the young men of them for a spoil: Heb. a treading”
Shares key themes with Genesis 42:19: men, one, house
“But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 42:19: men, let, one
“Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 42:19: men, brethren, house
“And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: Enrogel: or, the well Rogel”
Shares key themes with Genesis 42:19: men, let, one
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