We said, ‘We can’t go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man’s face, unless our youngest brother is with us.’
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 44:26 in context
Genesis 44:23–29
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You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.’
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When we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
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Our father said, ‘Go again and buy us a little food.’
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We said, ‘We can’t go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man’s face, unless our youngest brother is with us.’
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Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
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One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces;” and I haven’t seen him since.
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