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Genesis 44:21 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. "

Genesis 44:21

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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 thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

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"And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go."

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Genesis 44:1

"And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth."

Genesis 44:2

"And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken."

Genesis 44:3

"As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses."

Genesis 44:4

"And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?"

Genesis 44:5

"Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing."

Genesis 44:6

"And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words."

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