Genesis 44:23

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

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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

22But we said to you, my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he should leave his father, his father would die.’

24When we went up to your servant, my father, we told him your words, my lord;

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Cross References

Genesis 42:20and bring your youngest brother to me. So will your words be verified, and you will not die.”

Genesis 43:5but 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.’”

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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