Genesis 44:23
And thou saidst unto thy avadim, Except achichem hakaton (your youngest brother) come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22And we said unto adoni, The na'ar cannot leave aviv; for if he should leave aviv, aviv would die.
24And it came to pass when we came up unto thy eved Avi we told him the divrei adoni.
Cross References
Genesis 42:20But bring achichem hakaton unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
Genesis 43:5But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down; for the ish said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, unless achichem 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 →