Genesis 44:26
And we said to him: ‘We cannot go. If our youngest brother descends with us, we will set out together. Otherwise, in his absence, we do not dare to see the face of the man.’
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In Context
25And our father said: ‘Return and buy us a little wheat.’
27To which he responded: ‘You know that my wife conceived twice by me.
Cross References
Genesis 42:15I will now continue to put you to the test. By the health of Pharaoh, you will not depart from here, until your youngest brother arrives.
Genesis 44:12And when he had searched, beginning with the oldest, all the way to the youngest, he found the cup in Benjamin’s sack.
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 →