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Genesis 43:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: 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. "

Genesis 43:5

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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: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

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Genesis 43:1

"And the famine was sore in the land."

Genesis 43:2

"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."

Genesis 43:3

"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."

Genesis 43:4

"If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:"

Genesis 43:6

"And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?"

Genesis 43:7

"And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?"

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