Genesis 43:4
\43:5\But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You are not to come before me if your brother is not with you.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
In Context
3\43:4\If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food:
5\43:6\And Israel said, Why were you so cruel to me as to say to him that you had a brother?
Cross References
Genesis 43:2\43:3\And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.
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 →