Simeon is kept for pledge．

出处：按学科分类—哲学、宗教 复旦大学出版社《圣经典故辞典》第681页（604字）

【释义】：

以西缅为人质。

And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeoan, and bound him before their eyes.

Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.

Gen.42; 24-25

约瑟转身退去，哭了一场，又回来对他们说话，就从他们中间挑出西缅来，在他们眼前把他捆绑。

约瑟吩咐人把粮食装满他们的器具，把各人的银子归还在各人的口袋里，又给他们路上用的食物。人就照他的话办了。

《创世纪》42∶24－25］

【条目出处】：《圣经·旧约》