Genesis 44:23
But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
24Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
Cross References
Genesis 42:20Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.
Genesis 43:5But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is 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 →