You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.’
Parallel translations
- KJV And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
- BSB But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
- NKJV But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.’
- NASB You said to your servants, however, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
- NLT But you told us, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes with you, you will never see my face again.’
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Cross-references · 3
- Gen 43:3Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’
- Gen 43:5but if you’ll not send him, we’ll not go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’”
- Gen 42:15–20By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
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