Genesis 42:20

and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.

Darby Translation

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 ye are honest, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison, but go ye, carry grain for the hunger of your households;

21Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:22And Noah did it; according to all that God had commanded him, so did he.

Genesis 42:26And they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.

Genesis 43:3And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man did positively testify to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.

Genesis 43:19And they came up to the man that was over Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,

Genesis 44:23And thou saidst to thy servants, Unless your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no 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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