Genesis 43:3
And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly protested to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face unless your brother be with you.
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4If thou will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for thee,
Cross References
Genesis 42:20and bring your youngest brother to me. So shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
Genesis 43:5but if thou will not send him, we will not go down. For the man said to us, Ye shall not see my face unless your brother be with you.
2 Samuel 3:13And he said, Well! I will make a league with thee, but one thing I require of thee. That is, thou shall not see my face unless thou first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when thou come to see my face.
2 Samuel 14:28And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and he did not see the king's face.
Acts 7:34Having looked, I saw the oppression of my people in Egypt, and I heard their groaning, and I came down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
Acts 20:38sorrowing especially for the word that he had spoken, that they were going to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 43:2-11
Jacob Unwilling to Part with Benjamin. ( b. c. 1707.) 1 And the famine was sore in the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: 5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down:… Read the whole commentary →