Genesis 44:23

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

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In The King James Version

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

In Context

22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

24And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:20and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

Genesis 43:5but 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.

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 →

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