Genesis 43:4

If you send our brother Benjamin with us then we'll go and buy food for you.

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In The King James Version

If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:

In Context

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

5But if you won't send him, then we won't go, because the man was very clear, ‘I won't even see you unless your brother is with you.’”

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Cross References

Genesis 43:2so once they had finished the grain they'd brought from Egypt, their father told them, “You have to go back and buy some more grain for us.”

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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