Genesis 42:20

and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.

Young's Literal Translation

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] right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn [for] the famine of your houses,

21And they say one unto another, 'Verily we [are] guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.'

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Cross References

Genesis 6:22And Noah doth according to all that God hath commanded him; so hath he done.

Genesis 42:26And they lift up their corn upon their asses, and go from thence,

Genesis 43:3And Judah speaketh unto him, saying, 'The man protesting protested to us, saying, Ye do not see my face without your brother [being] with you;

Genesis 43:19And they come nigh unto the man who [is] over the house of Joseph, and speak unto him at the opening of the house,

Genesis 44:23and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see 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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