Genesis 44:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 42:15 : 15 But 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.
  • Gen 42:20 : 20 And 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.
  • Gen 43:29 : 29 Then Joseph's heart went out to his brother, and he went quickly into his room, for he was overcome with weeping.
  • Jer 24:6 : 6 For I will keep my eyes on them for good, and I will take them back again to this land, building them up and not pulling them down, planting them and not uprooting them.
  • Jer 40:4 : 4 Now see, this day I am freeing you from the chains which are on your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will keep an eye on you; but if it does not seem good to you to come with me to Babylon, then do not come: see, all the land is before you; if it seems good and right to you to go on living in the land,
  • Amos 9:4 : 4 And though they are taken away as prisoners by their attackers, even there will I give orders to the sword to put them to death: my eyes will be fixed on them for evil and not for good.

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  • Gen 44:22-27
    6 verses
    84%

    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 44:17-20
    4 verses
    81%

    17Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.

    18Then Judah came near him, and said, Let your servant say a word in my lord's ears, and let not your wrath be burning against your servant: for you are in the place of Pharaoh to us.

    19My lord said to his servants, Have you a father or a brother?

    20And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father.

  • Gen 45:12-13
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

  • 4I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.

  • Gen 44:29-34
    6 verses
    77%

    29If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

    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?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Gen 45:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

    10The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:

  • 4Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.

  • Gen 42:33-34
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • 5And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

  • 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;

  • 37And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.

  • 7And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:

  • Gen 45:17-19
    3 verses
    74%

    17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

    18And get your father and your families and come back to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, and the fat of the land will be your food.

    19And say to them, This you are to do: take carts from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and get your father and come back.

  • Gen 43:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • 18Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.

  • 28Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.

  • 11And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.

  • 9And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this land. And he said, Let them come near me, and I will give them a blessing.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 21Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.

  • 29Then Joseph's heart went out to his brother, and he went quickly into his room, for he was overcome with weeping.

  • 15And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?