Genesis 44:23

23 But you told us, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes with you, you will never 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 “And you said to us, ‘Bring him here so I can see him with my own eyes.’

22 But we said to you, ‘My lord, the boy cannot leave his father, for his father would die.’

23 But you told us, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes with you, you will never see my face again.’

24 “So we returned to your servant, our father, and told him what you had said.

25 Later, when he said, ‘Go back again and buy us more food,’