Genesis 42:20

and bring your youngest brother to me. So shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

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In The King James Version

But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

In Context

19If ye be TRUE men, let one of your brothers be bound in your prison house, but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses,

21And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul when he besought us, and we would not hear. Therefore this distress has come upon us.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:22Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.

Genesis 42:26And they loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.

Genesis 43:3And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly protested to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face unless your brother be with you.

Genesis 43:19And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,

Genesis 44:23And thou said to thy servants, Unless your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:8-21

Joseph Speaks Roughly to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1706.) 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy… Read the whole commentary →

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