Genesis 43:3

And Jehuda spake to him, saying, The man attesting attested to us, saying, You shall not see my face unless your brother be with you.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And it was when they had ended to eat the corn which they had brought from Mizraim, that their father said to them, Return, and buy for us a little corn.

4If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee corn;

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Cross References

Genesis 42:20and bring your youngest brother to me, and your words will be verified, and you shall not die. And they did so.

Genesis 43:5But if thou wilt not send, we will not go down: for the man told us, You shall not see my face unless your brother be with you.

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 →

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