Genesis 42:20

And bring your youngest brother to me, so that I may be able to test your words, and you may not die.” They did as he had said,

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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 you are peaceful, let one of your brothers be bound in prison. Then you may go away and carry the grain that you have bought to your houses.

21and they spoke to one another: “We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he begged us and we would not listen. For that reason, this tribulation has come upon us.”

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Cross References

Genesis 6:22And so Noah did all things just as God had instructed him.

Genesis 42:26Then, having loaded their donkeys with the grain, they set out.

Genesis 43:3Judah answered: “The man himself declared to us, under the attestation of an oath, saying: ‘You will not see my face, unless you bring your youngest brother with you.’

Genesis 43:19For this reason, approaching the steward of the house at his door,

Genesis 44:23And you said to your servants: ‘Unless your youngest brother arrives with you, you will not see my face any 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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