Genesis 43:3
And 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.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food;
Cross References
Genesis 42:20and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.
Genesis 43:5but if thou do not send [him], we will not go down, for the man said to us, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.
2 Samuel 3:13And he said, Well, I will make a covenant with thee; only I require one thing of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
2 Samuel 14:28So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and did not see the king's face.
Acts 7:34I have surely seen the ill treatment of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groan, and have come down to take them out of it; and now, come, I will send thee to Egypt.
Acts 20:38specially pained by the word which he had said, that they would no more see his face. And they went down with him to the ship.
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 →