## Do this and live ##

"If you will do what I say, I will let you live"

## let one of your brothers be confined in this prison ##

Alternate translation: "leave one of your brothers here in prison"

## but you go ##

"but the rest of you go"

## carry grain for the famine of your houses ##

Alternate translation: "carry grain home to help your family during this famine"

## so your words will be verified ##

Alternate translation: "so I may know what you say is true." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])