Genesis 44:23

And thou saidst to thy servants, If your youngest brother come not down with you, you shall not see my face 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

22And we told my lord, His father cannot part with the youth; for if our father should part with him, he would die.

24And it was when we had gone up to our father, we told him these words of my lord.

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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 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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