23 But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’ 24 Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him. 25 Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’
Genesis 44:23–25
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Genesis 42:9–11
9 Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.” 10 “Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food. 11 We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
Genesis 43:19–21
19 So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house. 20 “Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food. 21 But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each o…
Genesis 43:3–5
3 But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’ 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…
Book of Jubilees 42:7–9
7 And he filled their sacks with corn, and he put their gold in their sacks, and they did not know. (JUB) 8 And he commanded them to bring their younger brother, for they had told him their father was living and their younger brother. (JUB) 9 And they went up from the land of Eg… (JUB)
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 50:15–17
15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.” 16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded, 17 ‘This is what you a…
Book of Jubilees 43:11–13
11 And Judah said: 'O my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ear two brothers did thy servant's mother bear to our father: one went away and was lost, and hath not been found, and he alone is left of his mother, and thy servant our fath… (JUB)
Genesis 42:32–34
32 We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’ 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 t…
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