Genesis 44:23

23 But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’

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 ) .

Genesis 44:23 In-Context

21 Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’

22 So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’

23 But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’

24 Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.

25 Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’