But I will let you prove that you are telling the truth. In the name of Pharaoh, I swear that I won’t let you go until your youngest brother comes here.
Genesis 43:5 - Easy To Read Version But if you refuse to send Benjamin, then we will not go. That man warned us to not come back without him.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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.' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if thou wilt not, we will not go: for the man, as we have often said, declared unto us, saying: You shall not see my face without your youngest brother. |
But I will let you prove that you are telling the truth. In the name of Pharaoh, I swear that I won’t let you go until your youngest brother comes here.
But then you must bring your youngest brother back here to me. Then I will know that you are telling the truth and you won’t have to die.”
But Jacob said, “I will not let Benjamin go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only son left from my wife Rachel. It would kill me if anything happened to him during the trip to Egypt. You would send me to the grave [244] a very sad, old man.”
But Judah said to Jacob, “But the governor of that country warned us. He said, ‘If you don’t bring your brother back to me, then I will refuse to talk to you.’
If you will send Benjamin with us, then we can go down and buy grain.
Israel (Jacob) said, “Why did you tell him you had another brother? Why did you do such a bad thing to me?”
But you said to us, ‘You must bring your youngest brother or I will not sell you grain again.’
And we said to our father, ‘We can’t go without our youngest brother. The governor said he will not sell us grain again until he sees our youngest brother.’
“You must honor (respect) your father and your mother. Do this so you will have a full life in the land that the Lord your God gives you.