Genesis 43:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’””
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“But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.”
King James Version · Public Domain“but if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down; for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and if thou art not sending--we do not go down, for the man said unto us, Ye do not see my face without your brother <FI>being<Fi> with you.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 43:5 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 42:15And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
- Genesis 42:38But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
- Genesis 44:25Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’
- Genesis 44:26But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’
- Exodus 20:12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
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