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Genesis 43:5

American Standard Version

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.

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Genesis 43:5 in other translations

but if you don’t send him, we won’t go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’ ”

Genesis 43:5 · World English Bible

Genesis 43:5 in context

  1. 3And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
  2. 4If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
  3. 5but 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.
  4. 6And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
  5. 7And they said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we in any wise know that he would say, Bring your brother down?