Genesis 44:23

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

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

24So it came to pass when we had gone up unto thy servant, my father, that we told him the words of my lord.

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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.

Genesis 43:5but, if thou art not sending him, we will not go down, for the man, said unto us Ye shall not see my face, except, your brother, is with you.

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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