Genesis 43:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ “But if you do not let him go, we do not go down, because the man said to us, ‘You do not see my face unless your brother is with you.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ But if you will not send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ 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.

Common English Bible

⁵ But if you don’t agree to send him, then we can’t go down because the man said to us, ‘You may not see me again without your brother with you.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ But if you are not willing, we will not go. For the man, as we have often said, declared to us, saying: 'You will not see my face without your youngest brother.' "

Genesis 43:5 Cross References

Genesis 42:15

“By this you shall be proven: By the life of Pharaoh, you do not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

Genesis 42:20

“And bring your youngest brother to me, and let your words be confirmed, and you do not die.” And so they did.

Genesis 42:38

But he said, “My son is not going down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any harm should come to him along the way in which you go, then you would bring down my grey hair with sorrow to the grave.”

Genesis 43:3

But Yehuḏ

Genesis 43:4

“If you let our brother go with us, we go down and buy you food.

Genesis 43:6

And Yisra’ĕ

Genesis 44:23

“But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you do not see my face again.’

Genesis 44:25

“And our father said, ‘Go back and buy us a little food.’

Genesis 44:26

“But we said, ‘We are not able to go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we shall go down, for we are not able to see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’

Exodus 20:12

“Respect your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged upon the soil which יהוה  your Elohim is giving you.