Genesis 44:23

And you said to your servants: ‘Unless your youngest brother arrives with you, you will not see my face any more.’

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In The King James Version

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

In Context

22We suggested to my lord: ‘The boy is not able to leave his father. For if he sends him away, he will die.’

24Therefore, when we had gone up to your servant our father, we explained to him all that my lord had spoken.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:20And 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,

Genesis 43:5But if you are not willing, we will not go. For the man, as we have often said, declared to us, saying: ‘You will not see my face without your youngest brother.’”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 44:19-34

Judah's Appeal on Behalf of Benjamin. ( b. c. 1707.) 18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? 20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. 21 And… Read the whole commentary →

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