Genesis 42:20

and bring your youngest brother to me. So will your words be verified, and you will not die.”

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In The King James Version

But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

In Context

19if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain in prison, but you go, carry grain to supply the needs of your households

21They did as Joseph commanded, but they said to one another, “We are indeed guilty because of the way we treated our brother, for when we saw his distress and when he pleaded with us, we would not listen; therefore this trouble has come upon us.”

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Cross References

Genesis 6:22Noah did all this. He did everything that God told him to.

Genesis 42:26So they loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed.

Genesis 43:3But Judah replied, “The man warned us: ‘You will not be able to see me unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 43:19So when they came near to Joseph’s steward, they spoke to him at the door of the house

Genesis 44:23Then you said to us, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not be able to see me again.’

Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:8-21

Joseph Speaks Roughly to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1706.) 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy… Read the whole commentary →

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