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Genesis 42:20

But you must bring your youngest brother here to me to prove what you're saying is true. If not, you will all die.” They agreed to do this.

Free Bible Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19If you're truly honest, choose one of your brothers to stay here in prison. The rest of you can go back home with grain for your hungry families.

21“Clearly we're being punished for what we did to our brother,” they said to each other. “We watched him in agony pleading with us for mercy, but we refused to listen to him. That's why we're in all this trouble.”

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Cross References

Genesis 6:22Noah did exactly what God ordered him to do.

Genesis 42:26The brothers loaded the grain onto their donkeys and then set off.

Genesis 43:3But Judah responded, “The man was adamant when he warned us, ‘I won't even see you unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 43:19So they went and spoke to Joseph's household supervisor at the entrance to the house.

Genesis 44:23But you told us, ‘If your youngest brother doesn't come with you, you won't see me again.’

Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:8-21

Joseph Speaks Roughly to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1706.) 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy… Read the whole commentary →

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