4 If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you. 5 But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’” 6 “Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
Genesis 43:4–6
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Genesis 44:25–27
25 Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’ 26 But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’ 27 And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my w…
Book of Jubilees 42:15–17
15 But when Israel saw that the famine was very sore in the land, and that there was no deliverance, he said unto his sons: 'Go again, and procure food for us that we die not.' (JUB) 16 And they said: 'We shall not go; unless our youngest brother go with us, we shall not… (JUB) 17 … (JUB)
Genesis 44:33–34
33 Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers. 34 For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
Genesis 42:33–35
33 Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go. 34 But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not… 35 …
Genesis 44:29–31
29 Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’ 30 So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life, 31 sees that the boy is not…
Genesis 42:14–16
14 Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies! 15 And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here. 16 Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be co…
Genesis 42:37–38
37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.” 38 But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm com…
Genesis 42:19–21
19 If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households. 20 Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they c…
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