Genesis 43:4
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
Genesis 43:4 in other translations
| BSB | If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you. |
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| WEB | If you’ll send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy you food; |
| ASV | If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: |
| YLT | if thou art sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for thee food, |
| DARBY | If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food; |
| BBE | If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food: |
| Webster | If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: |
What does Genesis 43:4 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 43:1-14
Jacob urges his sons to go and buy a little food; now, in time of dearth, a little must suffice. Judah urges that Benjamin should go with them. It is not against the honour and duty children owe their parents, humbly to advise them, and when needful, to reason with them. Jacob saw the necessity of the case, and yielded. His prudence and justice appeared in three things. 1. He sent back the money they had found in…
Genesis 43:4 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 43:3
And 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.
- Genesis 43:4
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
- Genesis 43:5
But 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.
Genesis 43:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si enviares á nuestro hermano con nosotros, descenderemos y te compraremos alimento: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si tu envoies notre frère avec nous, nous descendrons, et nous t’achèterons des vivres; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn du unseren Bruder mit uns senden willst, so wollen wir hinabziehen und dir Speise kaufen; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si ergo vis eum mittere nobiscum, pergemus pariter, et ememus tibi necessaria: |