Genesis 43:3

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

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

In Context

2and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, 'Turn back, buy for us a little food.'

4if thou art sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for thee food,

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Cross References

Genesis 42:20and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.

Genesis 43:5and if thou art not sending — we do not go down, for the man said unto us, Ye do not see my face without your brother [being] with you.'

2 Samuel 3:13And he saith, 'Good — I make with thee a covenant; only, one thing I am asking of thee, that is, Thou dost not see my face, except thou dost first bring in Michal, daughter of Saul in thy coming into see my face.'

2 Samuel 14:28And Absalom dwelleth in Jerusalem two years of days, and the face of the king he hath not seen;

Acts 7:34seeing I have seen the affliction of My people that [is] in Egypt, and their groaning I did hear, and came down to deliver them; and now come, I will send thee to Egypt.

Acts 20:38sorrowing most of all for the word that he had said — that they are about no more to see his face; and they were accompanying him to the ship.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 43:2-11

Jacob Unwilling to Part with Benjamin. ( b. c. 1707.) 1 And the famine was sore in the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: 5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down:… Read the whole commentary →

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