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Genesis 43:5

3 But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’

4 If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.

But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”

6 “Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”

7 They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
KJV
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.
WEB
but if you don’t send him, we won’t go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’”
ASV
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.
DARBY
but if thou do not send [him], we will not go down, for the man said to us, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.
BLB
But if you are not sending [him], we will not go down, for the man said to us, ‘You⁺ shall not see my face unless your⁺ brother [is] with you⁺.’”
ÅB
Da sa Israel: Hvorfor har dere gjort så ille mot meg og fortalt mannen at dere har enda en bror?
OTB
Men hvis du ikke sender ham, vil vi ikke dra ned, for mannen sa til oss: ‘Dere skal ikke se mitt ansikt med mindre deres bror er med dere.’»
B1930
Da sa Israel: Hvorfor har I gjort så ille mot mig og fortalt mannen at I har ennu en bror?

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Cross references

  • Genesis 42:38

    But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

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  • Genesis 44:26

    But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’

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  • Exodus 20:12

    Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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