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Genesis 43:4 KJV
Genesis · chapter 43 · verse 4
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:Genesis 43:4 · King James Version
Genesis 43:4 in context
2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
3And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
4If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
5But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
6And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brotherʼâcha brother )H251 →
- wiltyêshthere is or areH3426 →
- sendshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- buyshâbarto deal in grainH7666 →
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Here, 1. Jacob urges his sons to go and buy more corn in Egypt, Gen 43:1, Gen 43:2. The famine continued; and the corn they had bought was all spent, for it is meat that perisheth. Jacob, as a good master of a family, is in care to provide for those of his own house food convenient;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10