Genesis 43:5

and 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.'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

In Context

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

6And Israel saith, 'Why did ye evil to me, by declaring to the man that ye had yet a brother?'

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Cross References

Genesis 42:15by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this — except by your young brother coming hither;

Genesis 44:25and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food,

Exodus 20:12'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

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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