Genesis 44:23

And thou saidest to thy servants, If your youngest brother shall not come (down) with you, ye shall no more see my face (or ye shall not see my face again).

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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

22We made (the) suggestion to thee, my lord, the child may not forsake his father (or that the youngest son cannot leave his father); for if he shall leave his father, his father shall die.

24Therefore when we had gone up to thy servant, our father, we told to him all things which my lord spake to us;

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Cross References

Genesis 42:20and bring ye your youngest brother to me, that I may prove your words, and ye die not. They did as he said, (and bring ye your youngest brother to me, so that you can prove your words, and then ye shall not die. And they concurred,)

Genesis 43:5else if thou wilt not, we shall not go (down); for as we said oft, the man announced to us, and said, Ye shall not see my face without your least brother, (or for as we have often said to you, the man announced to us, Ye shall not see my face without your youngest brother).

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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