Genesis 43:3

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But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

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  • 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 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 42:15-20 : 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. 16 One 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!” 17 He imprisoned them all for three days. 18 On the third day Joseph said to them,“Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God. 19 If 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. 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 42:33-34 : 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. 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.’”
  • 2 Sam 3:13 : 13 So David said,“Good! I will make an agreement with you. I ask only one thing from you. You will not see my face unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to visit me.”
  • 2 Sam 14:24 : 24 But the king said,“Let him go over to his own house. He may not see my face.” So Absalom went over to his own house; he did not see the king’s face.
  • 2 Sam 14:28 : 28 Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years without seeing the king’s face.
  • 2 Sam 14:32 : 32 Absalom said to Joab,“Look, I sent a message to you saying,‘Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message:“Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.”’ Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!”
  • Acts 7:34 : 34 I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.’
  • Acts 20:25 : 25 “And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again.
  • Acts 20:38 : 38 especially saddened by what he had said, that they were not going to see him again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 43:4-9
    6 verses
    90%

    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.

    9I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.

  • Gen 44:21-27
    7 verses
    87%

    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.’

    27“Then your servant my father said to us,‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.

  • Gen 42:33-34
    2 verses
    78%

    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.’”

  • Gen 43:2
    78%

    2When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”

  • Gen 42:15
    78%

    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.

  • Gen 43:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    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.”

    15So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

  • Gen 42:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

    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!”

  • Gen 45:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    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 44:32
    74%

    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 44:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    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?’

  • Gen 46:28
    74%

    28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 44:34
    74%

    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.”

  • Gen 37:26
    74%

    26Then Judah said to his brothers,“What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?