Genesis 43:5
But if you do not send him, we will not go down. For the man said to us, 'You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.'”
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4If you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food.
6Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly by telling the man that you had another brother?”
Cross References
Genesis 42:15By this you will be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you will not leave here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
Genesis 44:25Our father said, 'Go again, buy us some food.'
Exodus 20:12Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that Yahweh your God is giving 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 →