Genesis 43:5
And Israel said, Why were you so cruel to me as to say to him that you had a brother?
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- Gen 42:38 : 38 And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.
- Gen 44:26 : 26 And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us.
- Exod 20:12 : 12 Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
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- Gen 43:2-43 verses90%
2And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.
3If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food:
4But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You are not to come before me if your brother is not with you.
- Gen 44:21-277 verses87%
21And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.
22And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.
23But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again.
24And when we went back to your servant, our father, we gave him an account of my lord's words.
25And our father said, Go again and get us a little food.
26And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us.
27And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons;
- Gen 43:6-105 verses79%
6And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brother?
7Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.
8Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.
9Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.
10Then their father Israel said to them, If it has to be so, then do this: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels to give the man, perfumes and honey and spices and nuts:
- Gen 42:32-343 verses77%
32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.
33And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;
34And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.
- Gen 42:15-162 verses76%
15But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here.
16Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.
- Gen 43:13-153 verses75%
13And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.
14So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.
15And when Joseph saw Benjamin, he said to his chief servant, Take these men into my house, and make ready a meal, for they will take food with me in the middle of the day.
- Gen 44:30-345 verses74%
30If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,
31When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.
32For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.
33So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.
34For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?
- Gen 42:19-213 verses74%
19If you are true men, let one of you be kept in prison, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;
20And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you will not be put to death. This is what you are to do.
21And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.
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38And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.
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4But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.
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15And Moses said, If you yourself are not going with us, do not send us on from here.
- Gen 45:12-132 verses71%
12Now truly, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which says these things to you.
13Give my father word of all my glory in Egypt and of all you have seen; and come back quickly with my father.
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13Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.
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24And he sent his brothers on their way, and said to them, See that you have no argument on the road.
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13But if you say, We have no desire to go on living in this land; and do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God,
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2And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.
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31And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;