Genesis 44:23

But thou saidst to thy servants, Except your younger brother come down with you, ye shall not see my face again.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

In Context

22And we said to my lord, The child will not be able to leave his father; but if he should leave his father, he will die.

24And it came to pass, when we went up to thy servant our father, we reported to him the words of our lord.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:20And bring your younger brother to me, and your words shall be believed; but, if not, ye shall die. And they did so.

Genesis 43:5but if thou send not our brother with us, we will not go: for the man spoke to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless your younger brother be 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 →

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