Genesis 44:21

Then you ordered us, ‘Bring him here to me so I can see him.’

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In The King James Version

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

In Context

20We told you, my lord, ‘We have an elderly father, and a younger brother, born when our father was already old. The boy's brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother's children left, and his father loves him dearly.’

22We told you, ‘The boy can't leave his father; if he did, his father would die.’

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Cross References

Genesis 42:20But 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.

Jeremiah 24:6I will watch over them and I will bring them back to this country. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.

Amos 9:4Even if they are driven into exile by their enemies, I will order them put to death by the sword. I will watch them carefully—and for evil, not for good.

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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