Genesis - 44:23



23 You said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.'

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 44:23.

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And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
And thou saidst to thy servants, Unless your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face.
And you said to your servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, you shall see my face no more.
But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again.
And you said to your servants: 'Unless your youngest brother arrives with you, you will not see my face any more.'
Tu autem dixisti servis tuis, Nisi descendat frater vester minimus vobiscum, ne addatis ut videatis faciem meam.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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.

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