Genesis 44:21
וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל ־ עֲבָדֶיךָ הוֹרִדֻהוּ אֵלָי וְאָשִׂימָה עֵינִי עָלָֽיו ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
In Context
22וַנֹּאמֶר אֶל ־ אֲדֹנִי לֹא ־ יוּכַל הַנַּעַר לַעֲזֹב אֶת ־ אָבִיו וְעָזַב אֶת ־ אָבִיו וָמֵֽת ׃
Cross References
Genesis 42:20וְאֶת ־ אֲחִיכֶם הַקָּטֹן תָּבִיאוּ אֵלַי וְיֵאָמְנוּ דִבְרֵיכֶם וְלֹא תָמוּתוּ וַיַּעֲשׂוּ ־ כֵֽן ׃
Jeremiah 24:6וְשַׂמְתִּי עֵינִי עֲלֵיהֶם לְטוֹבָה וַהֲשִׁבֹתִים עַל ־ הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת וּבְנִיתִים וְלֹא אֶהֱרֹס וּנְטַעְתִּים וְלֹא אֶתּֽוֹשׁ ׃
Amos 9:4וְאִם ־ יֵלְכוּ בַשְּׁבִי לִפְנֵי אֹֽיבֵיהֶם מִשָּׁם אֲצַוֶּה אֶת ־ הַחֶרֶב וַהֲרָגָתַם וְשַׂמְתִּי עֵינִי עֲלֵיהֶם לְרָעָה וְלֹא לְטוֹבָֽה ׃
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 →