Genesis 43:5

but if you send not our brother with us, we will not go: for the man spoke to us, saying, You⌃ shall not see my face, unless your younger brother be with you.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

In Context

4If, then, you send our brother with us, we will go down, and buy you food;

6And Israel said, Why did you⌃ harm me, inasmuch as you⌃ told the man that you⌃ had a brother?

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Cross References

Genesis 42:15herein shall you⌃ be manifested; by the health of Pharao, you⌃ shall not depart hence, unless your younger brother come here.

Genesis 44:25And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

Exodus 20:12+ 20:12 Matt 15:4 Honor your father and your mother, that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the good land, which the Lord your God gives to you.

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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