Genesis 43:5

But if thou wilt not, we will not go: for the man, as we have often said, declared unto us, saying: You shall not see my face without your youngest brother.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

In Context

4If therefore thou wilt send him with us, we will set out together, and will buy necessaries for thee.

6Israel said to them: You have done this for my misery in that you told him you had also another brother.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:15I shall now presently try what you are: by the health of Pharao you shall not depart hence, until your youngest brother come.

Genesis 44:25And our father said: Go again, and buy us a little wheat.

Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give 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 →

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