Genesis 44:21

So then thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me,—that I may set mine eyes upon him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

20So we said unto my lord, We have an aged father, and the child of his old age a youth,—his brother, being dead, he alone, is left of his mother and, his father, loveth him.

22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father,—as surely as he leaveth his father, so surely will he, die.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:20and your youngest brother, shall ye bring in unto me, that your words may be confirmed, and ye die not. And they did so.

Jeremiah 24:6Therefore will I set mine eye upon them for good, and will bring them back upon this land,—and will build them up, and not pull them down, and will plant them and not root them up;

Amos 9:4And, though they go into captivity before their enemies, from thence, will I command the sword, and it shall slay them,—So will I set mine eyes upon them for calamity, and not for blessing.

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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