Genesis 43:3
And Iudah answered him, saying, The man charged vs by an othe, saying, Neuer see my face, except your brother be with you.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
4If thou wilt sende our brother with vs, we will goe downe, and bye thee foode:
Cross References
Genesis 42:20But bring your yonger brother vnto me, that your wordes may be tried, and that ye dye not: and they did so.
Genesis 43:5But if thou wilt not send him, we wil not go downe: for the man said vnto vs, Looke me not in the face, except your brother be with you.
2 Samuel 3:13Who saide, Well, I will make a couenant with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, that thou see not my face except thou bring Michal Sauls daughter when thou commest to see me.
2 Samuel 14:28So Absalom dwelt the space of two yeres in Ierusalem, and saw not the Kings face.
Acts 7:34I haue seene, I haue seene the affliction of my people, which is in Egypt, and I haue heard their groning, and am come downe to deliuer them: and nowe come, and I will sende thee into Egypt.
Acts 20:38Being chiefly sorie for the words which he spake, That they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him vnto the shippe.
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 →