Genesis 44:23

23 Than saydest thou vnto thy servauntes: excepte youre yongest brother come with you loke that ye se my face no moare.

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 sayde my lorde vnto his seruauntes brynge him vnto me that I maye sett myne eyes apon him.

22 And we answered my lorde that the lad coude not goo from his father for if he shulde leaue his father he were but a deed man.

23 Than saydest thou vnto thy servauntes: excepte youre yongest brother come with you loke that ye se my face no moare.

24 And when we came vnto thy servaunt oure father we shewed him what my lorde had sayde.

25 And when oure father sayde vnto vs goo agayne and bye vs a litle fode: