Genesis 44:23

וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל ־ עֲבָדֶיךָ אִם ־ לֹא יֵרֵד אֲחִיכֶם הַקָּטֹן אִתְּכֶם לֹא תֹסִפוּן לִרְאוֹת פָּנָֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

22וַנֹּאמֶר אֶל ־ אֲדֹנִי לֹא ־ יוּכַל הַנַּעַר לַעֲזֹב אֶת ־ אָבִיו וְעָזַב אֶת ־ אָבִיו וָמֵֽת ׃

24וַיְהִי כִּי עָלִינוּ אֶֽל ־ עַבְדְּךָ אָבִי וַנַּגֶּד ־ לוֹ אֵת דִּבְרֵי אֲדֹנִֽי ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 42:20וְאֶת ־ אֲחִיכֶם הַקָּטֹן תָּבִיאוּ אֵלַי וְיֵאָמְנוּ דִבְרֵיכֶם וְלֹא תָמוּתוּ וַיַּעֲשׂוּ ־ כֵֽן ׃

Genesis 43:5וְאִם ־ אֵינְךָ מְשַׁלֵּחַ לֹא נֵרֵד כִּֽי ־ הָאִישׁ אָמַר אֵלֵינוּ לֹֽא ־ תִרְאוּ פָנַי בִּלְתִּי אֲחִיכֶם אִתְּכֶֽם ׃

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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