Genesis 44:23

23 "You said to your servants, however, '¹Unless * your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.'

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Genesis 44:23 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 44:23

And thou saidst unto thy servants
In answer to the representation of things made by them, and notwithstanding that: except your youngest brother come down with you, you shall see my face
no more;
which though not before related in the discourse, which passed between Joseph and his brethren, in express terms, yet might be justly inferred from what he said; nay, might be expressed in so many words, though not recorded, and as it seems plainly it was, as appears from ( Genesis 43:3 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 44:23 In-Context

21 "Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me that I may set my eyes on him.'

22 "But we said to my lord , 'The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'

23 "You said to your servants, however, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.'

24 "Thus it came about when we went up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord .

25 "Our father said, 'Go back, buy us a little food.'

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1. Genesis 43:3, 5

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Genesis 44:23 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 44:23 In-Context

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