Genesis 43:5
but 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.
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;
6And Israel said, Why did ye deal [so] ill with me [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
Cross References
Genesis 42:15By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your youngest brother come hither!
Genesis 44:25And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.
Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
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 →