Genesis 44 · Verse 21

Genesis 44:21

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
Genesis 44:21, King James Version

Genesis 44:21 in other translations

BSBThen you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’
WEBYou said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’
ASVAnd thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
YLT‘And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set mine eye upon him;
DARBYAnd thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set mine eye on him.
BBEAnd you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.
WebsterAnd thou saidst to thy servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes upon him.

What does Genesis 44:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 44:16-34

16-34. Judah said, What shall we say?--This address needs no comment--consisting at first of short, broken sentences, as if, under the overwhelming force of the speaker's emotions, his utterance were choked, it becomes more free and copious by the effort of speaking, as he proceeds. Every word finds its way to the heart; and it may well be imagined that Benjamin, who stood there speechless like a victim about to be…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 44:18-34

Had Joseph been, as Judah supposed him, an utter stranger to the family, he could not but be wrought upon by his powerful reasonings. But neither Jacob nor Benjamin need an intercessor with Joseph; for he himself loved them. Judah's faithful cleaving to Benjamin, now, in his distress, was recompensed long afterwards by the tribe of Benjamin keeping with the tribe of Judah, when the other tribes deserted it. The…

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Genesis 44:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merand you saidH559
אֶל\־'el-toH413
עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaservants yourH5650
הוֹרִדֻ֖הוּho.ri.Du.hubring down himH3381
אֵלָ֑י'e.Laito meH413
וְאָשִׂ֥ימָהve.'a.Si.mahso let me setH7760
עֵינִ֖י'ei.Nieye myH5869
עָלָֽיו\׃'a.Lavon himH5921

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 44:21

  • Genesis 42:15

    Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

  • Genesis 42:20

    But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

  • Jeremiah 40:4

    And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

  • Amos 9:4

    And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

  • Genesis 43:29

    And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

  • Jeremiah 24:6

    For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

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Bring.
42:15,20; 43:29
that I may.
Jer 24:6; 40:4; Am 9:4

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Context

  • Genesis 44:20

    And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

  • Genesis 44:21

    And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

  • Genesis 44:22

    And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

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Genesis 44:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y tú dijiste á tus siervos: Traédmelo, y pondré mis ojos sobre él.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tu as dit à tes serviteurs: Faites-le descendre vers moi, afin que je le voie de mes yeux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und du sprachst zu deinen Knechten: Bringet ihn zu mir herab, daß ich mein Auge auf ihn richte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dixistique servis tuis: Adducite eum ad me, et ponam oculos meos super illum.