Genesis 43:5
But if you do not let us take him then we will not go back. The boss of the food said that he would not talk to us if we did not have our youngest brother with us.”
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
In Context
4If you let us take Benjamin with us, we will go back to Egypt to buy food.
6Jacob said, “Why did you tell the man that you had another brother? You have made trouble for me.”
Cross References
Genesis 42:15But I will give you a chance to prove what you say is true. I have the power to say who can come to Egypt and who can go. I tell you that you will stay in Egypt until the brother you left behind comes and stands in front of me.
Genesis 44:25Later, when all the food was gone, our father said to us, ‘Go back to Egypt and buy us some more food.’
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 →