Genesis 43:4

4 si ergo vis mittere eum nobiscum pergemus pariter et ememus tibi necessaria

Genesis 43:4 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 43:4

If thou wilt send our brother with us
Give orders for his going with us, and put him under our care: we will go down and buy thee food;
signifying, on the above condition, that they were ready and willing to take a journey into Egypt, and buy provisions for him and his family, otherwise not.

Genesis 43:4 In-Context

2 consumptisque cibis quos ex Aegypto detulerant dixit Iacob ad filios suos revertimini et emite pauxillum escarum

3 respondit Iudas denuntiavit nobis vir ille sub testificatione iurandi dicens non videbitis faciem meam nisi fratrem vestrum minimum adduxeritis vobiscum

4 si ergo vis mittere eum nobiscum pergemus pariter et ememus tibi necessaria

5 si autem non vis non ibimus vir enim ut saepe diximus denuntiavit nobis dicens non videbitis faciem meam absque fratre vestro minimo

6 dixit eis Israhel in meam hoc fecistis miseriam ut indicaretis ei et alium habere vos fratrem