Genesis 43:5
but if you will not let him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, ‘You will not be able to see me unless your brother is with you.’”
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In Context
4If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and buy you food,
6Jacob said, “Why did you treat me so badly by telling the man you had another brother?”
Cross References
Genesis 42:15By this you will be tested: as sure as Pharaoh lives you will not go away unless your youngest brother comes here.
Genesis 44:25and our father said, ‘Go again, buy us a little food.’
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 →