Chuàngshìjì 42:33

33 Nà dì de zhǔ duì wǒmen shuō , ruò yào wǒ zhīdào nǐmen shì chéngshí rén , kĕyǐ liú xià nǐmen zhōngjiān de yī gèrén zaì wǒ zhèlǐ , nǐmen kĕyǐ daì zhe liángshi huí qù , jiù nǐmen jiā lǐ de jīhuāng .

Chuàngshìjì 42:33 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 42:33

And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, hereby
shall I know that you [are] true [men]
This will be a proof and demonstration of it: leave one of your brethren [here] with me;
as an hostage; they do not say "bound in the prison", ( Genesis 42:19 ) , as Joseph did, because they would not grieve their father, at least would not tell him of it at once, lest it should too much affect him: and take [food for] the famine of your household, and be gone;
that is, corn for the relief of their families, being distressed with a famine.

Chuàngshìjì 42:33 In-Context

31 Wǒmen duì tā shuō , wǒmen shì chéngshí rén , bìng bù shì jiānxi .

32 Wǒmen bĕn shì dìxiōng shí èr rén , dōu shì yī gè fùqin de érzi , yǒu yī gè méiyǒu le , dǐng xiǎo de rújīn tóng wǒmen de fùqin zaì Jiānán dì .

33 Nà dì de zhǔ duì wǒmen shuō , ruò yào wǒ zhīdào nǐmen shì chéngshí rén , kĕyǐ liú xià nǐmen zhōngjiān de yī gèrén zaì wǒ zhèlǐ , nǐmen kĕyǐ daì zhe liángshi huí qù , jiù nǐmen jiā lǐ de jīhuāng .

34 Bǎ nǐmen de xiǎo xiōngdi daì dào wǒ zhèlǐ lái , wǒ biàn zhīdào nǐmen bú shì jiānxi , nǎi shì chéngshí rén . zhèyàng , wǒ jiù bǎ nǐmen de dìxiōng jiāo gĕi nǐmen , nǐmen yĕ kĕyǐ zaì zhè dì zuò mǎimaì .

35 Hòulái tāmen dào kǒudai , búliào , gèrén de yín bāo dōu zaì kǒudai lǐ . tāmen hé fùqin kànjian yín bāo jiù dōu haìpà .