Genesis 42:20
But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.
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- Gen 42:34 : 34 But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”
- Gen 43:5 : 5 But if you will not send him, we won’t go down there because the man said to us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’”
- Gen 44:23 : 23 But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’
- Gen 42:15 : 15 You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
- Gen 42:26 : 26 So they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.
- Gen 43:19 : 19 So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
- John 2:5 : 5 His mother told the servants,“Whatever he tells you, do it.”
- Gen 6:22 : 22 And Noah did all that God commanded him– he did indeed.
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- Gen 42:13-197 verses85%
13They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”
14But Joseph told them,“It is just as I said to you: You are spies!
15You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
16One of you must go and get your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison. In this way your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
17He imprisoned them all for three days.
18On the third day Joseph said to them,“Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God.
19If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families.
- Gen 42:32-354 verses84%
32We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.’
33“Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.
34But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”
35When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.
- Gen 44:20-267 verses81%
20We said to my lord,‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
21“Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’
22We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’
23But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’
24When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25“Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’
26But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’
- Gen 42:21-222 verses79%
21They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”
22Reuben said to them,“Didn’t I say to you,‘Don’t sin against the boy,’ but you wouldn’t listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!”
- Gen 43:2-87 verses79%
2When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”
3But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
4If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.
5But if you will not send him, we won’t go down there because the man said to us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’”
6Israel said,“Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?”
7They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”
8Then Judah said to his father Israel,“Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die– we and you and our little ones.
- Gen 45:12-132 verses75%
12You and my brother Benjamin can certainly see with your own eyes that I really am the one who speaks to you.
13So tell my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!”
- Gen 44:31-322 verses75%
31When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.
32Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’
- Gen 43:13-142 verses75%
13Take your brother too, and go right away to the man.
14May the Sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”
- Gen 42:2-32 verses75%
2He then said,“Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”
3So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
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4Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
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29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,
- Gen 42:37-382 verses74%
37Then Reuben said to his father,“You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you.”
38But Jacob replied,“My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave.”
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2Then put my cup– the silver cup– in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the money for his grain.” He did as Joseph instructed.
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16So they sent word to Joseph, saying,“Your father gave these instructions before he died:
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17The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.
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24Then Joseph said to his brothers,“I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”