Genesis 43:5

New Living Translation

But if you don’t let Benjamin go, we won’t go either. Remember, the man said, ‘You won’t see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”

Cross References

Genesis 42:15

This is how I will test your story. I swear by the life of Pharaoh that you will never leave Egypt unless your youngest brother comes here!

Genesis 42:20

But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. This will prove that you are telling the truth, and you will not die.” To this they agreed.

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down with you. His brother Joseph is dead, and he is all I have left. If anything should happen to him on your journey, you would send this grieving, white-haired man to his grave.”

Genesis 43:3

But Judah said, “The man was serious when he warned us, ‘You won’t see my face again unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 43:4

If you send Benjamin with us, we will go down and buy more food.

Genesis 43:6

“Why were you so cruel to me?” Jacob moaned. “Why did you tell him you had another brother?”

Genesis 44:23

But you told us, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes with you, you will never see my face again.’

Genesis 44:25

Later, when he said, ‘Go back again and buy us more food,’

Genesis 44:26

we replied, ‘We can’t go unless you let our youngest brother go with us. We’ll never get to see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.