Genesis 44:21
“Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’
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Referenced Verses
- 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 42:20 : 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.
- Gen 43:29 : 29 When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he said,“Is this your youngest brother, whom you told me about?” Then he said,“May God be gracious to you, my son.”
- Jer 24:6 : 6 I will look after their welfare and will restore them to this land. There I will build them up and will not tear them down. I will plant them firmly in the land and will not uproot them.
- Jer 40:4 : 4 But now, Jeremiah, today I will set you free from the chains on your wrists. If you would like to come to Babylon with me, come along and I will take care of you. But if you prefer not to come to Babylon with me, you are not required to do so. You are free to go anywhere in the land you want to go. Go wherever you choose.”
- Amos 9:4 : 4 Even when their enemies drive them into captivity, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will not let them out of my sight; they will experience disaster, not prosperity.”
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Gen 44:22-276 verses84%
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.’
27“Then your servant my father said to us,‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.
- Gen 44:17-204 verses81%
17But Joseph said,“Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace.”
18Then Judah approached him and said,“My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word with you. Please do not get angry with your servant, for you are just like Pharaoh.
19My lord asked his servants,‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
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.’
- Gen 45:12-132 verses79%
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!”
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4I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes.”
- Gen 44:29-346 verses77%
29If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.’
30“So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.
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.’
33“So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.
34For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”
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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’?”
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20But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.
- Gen 45:8-103 verses77%
8So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
9Now go up to my father quickly and tell him,‘This is what your son Joseph says:“God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay!
10You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me– you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.
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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.
- Gen 42:33-342 verses74%
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.’”
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5Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Your father and your brothers have come to you.
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31Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household,“I will go up and tell Pharaoh,‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.
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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.”
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7They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
- Gen 45:17-193 verses74%
17Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Say to your brothers,‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!
18Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you the best land in Egypt and you will eat the best of the land.’
19You are also commanded to say,‘Do this: Take for yourselves wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives. Bring your father and come.
- Gen 43:3-42 verses73%
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.
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18Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”
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28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.
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11Israel said to Joseph,“I never expected to see you again, but now God has allowed me to see your children too.”
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9Joseph said to his father,“They are the sons God has given me in this place.” His father said,“Bring them to me so I may bless them.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.
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21Then Israel said to Joseph,“I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.
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29When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he said,“Is this your youngest brother, whom you told me about?” Then he said,“May God be gracious to you, my son.”
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15Joseph said to them,“What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”