Genesis 43:5

But 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.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

In Context

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

6And Israel said, Why did you do me this evil, in showing the man that you have a brother?

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Cross References

Genesis 42:15By this you shall be proved: by the life of Pharoh you shall not go hence, until your youngest brother be come hither.

Genesis 44:25And our father said to us, Return, and buy us a little corn.

Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth to thee.

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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