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Genesis 42:20 KJV
Genesis · chapter 42 · verse 20
But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.Genesis 42:20 · King James Version
Genesis 42:20 in context
18And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
19If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
20But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
21And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- youngestqâṭânabbreviatedH6996 →
- verifiedʼâmanproperly, to build up or supportH539 →
- brotherʼâcha brother )H251 →
- bringbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
- diemûwthto dieH4191 →
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We may well wonder that Joseph, during the twenty years that he had now been in Egypt, especially during the last seven years that he had been in power there, never sent to his father to acquaint him with his circumstances;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-20