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19 If you are honest men, one of you must stay here in jail, and the rest of you can take the grain back to your starving families.

Passage themes

Joseph's prison — let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison
Grain from Egypt — go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses

Events in this chapter

42.1 — Réconciliation Joseph et frères

Did you know?

Bereshit : « Au commencement » Le mot « Genèse » vient du grec genesis, qui signifie « origine ». En hébreu, le livre s'appelle Bereshit, « Au commencement », son tout premier mot.

About this book

Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph

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