Genesis 42:20

and brynge youre yongest brother vnto me: that youre wordes maye be beleved ad that ye dye not And they did so.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

19Yf ye meane no hurte let one of youre brethern be bounde in the preason and goo ye and brynge the necessarie foode vnto youre housholdes

21Than they sayde one to a nother: we haue verely synned agaynst oure brother in that we sawe the anguysh of his soull when he besought us and wold not heare him: therfore is this troubyll come apon us.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:22and Noe dyd acordynge to all that God commaunded hym.

Genesis 42:26And they laded their asses with the corne and departed thence.

Genesis 43:3Than sayde Iuda vnto him: the man dyd testifie vnto vs saynge: loke that ye see not my face excepte youre brother be with you.

Genesis 43:19Therfore came they to the man that was the ruelar ouer Iosephs house and comened with him at the doore

Genesis 44:23Than saydest thou vnto thy servauntes: excepte youre yongest brother come with you loke that ye se my face no moare.

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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