Genesis 44:23
But you told us, ‘If your youngest brother doesn't come with you, you won't see me again.’
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22We told you, ‘The boy can't leave his father; if he did, his father would die.’
24So when we went back to your servant, our father, we explained to him everything you had told us.
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.
Genesis 43:5But 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.’”
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 →