This is how you will be tested: as surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
Genesis 44:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then you said to your servants, “Bring him to me so that I can see him.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him. American Standard Version (1901) And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. Common English Bible You told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’ Catholic Public Domain Version And you said to your servants, 'Bring him to me, and I will set my eyes on him.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou saidst to thy servants: Bring him hither to me, and I will set my eyes on him. |
This is how you will be tested: as surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
Bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be confirmed; then you won’t die.’ And they consented to this.
When he looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he asked, ‘Is this your youngest brother that you told me about? ’ Then he said, ‘May God be gracious to you, my son.’
But we said to my lord, “The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.”
I will keep my eyes on them for their good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not demolish them; I will plant them and not uproot them.
Now pay attention: Today I am setting you free from the chains that were on your hands. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no further. Look #– #the whole land is in front of you. Wherever it seems good and right for you to go, go there.’
And if they are driven by their enemies into captivity, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will keep my eye on them for harm and not for good.