Genesis 42:20

and your youngest brother, shall ye bring in unto me, that your words may be confirmed, and ye die not. And they did so.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

In Context

19If ye, are, honest men, one brother of you shall be kept as a prisoner in your house of ward,—but, ye, go, take in corn for the famine of your houses;

21And they said each man unto his brother—Verily guilty, we are, respecting our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul when he appealed unto us for favour and we hearkened not,—therefore, hath come in unto us this distress.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:22And Noah did [so],—according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

Genesis 42:26So they lifted up their corn on their asses,—and went their way, from thence.

Genesis 43:3Then spake Judah unto him saying,—The man, did protest, to us saying—Ye shall not see my face, except, your brother, is with you.

Genesis 43:19So they drew near unto the man that was over Joseph’s house,—and spake unto him at the entrance of the house;

Genesis 44:23And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother do come down with you, ye shall not again behold my face.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:8-21

Joseph Speaks Roughly to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1706.) 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy… Read the whole commentary →

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