Genesis 44:26
And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.
Genesis 44:26 in other translations
| BSB | But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’ |
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| WEB | We said, ‘We can’t go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man’s face, unless our youngest brother is with us.’ |
| ASV | And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us. |
| YLT | and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man's face, and our young brother not with us. |
| DARBY | But we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us. |
| BBE | And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us. |
| Webster | And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother shall be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother shall be with us. |
What does Genesis 44:26 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…
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…
Genesis 44:26 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 44:26
- Genesis 43:4-5
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: 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.
- Luke 11:7
And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
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Context
- Genesis 44:25
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
- Genesis 44:26
And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.
- Genesis 44:27
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
Genesis 44:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y nosotros respondimos: No podemos ir: si nuestro hermano fuere con nosotros, iremos; porque no podemos ver el rostro del varón, no estando con nosotros nuestro hermano el menor. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | mais nous avons dit: Nous ne pouvons descendre. Si notre plus jeune frère est avec nous, alors nous descendrons; car nous ne pouvons voir la face de cet homme, si notre plus jeune frère n’est pas avec nous. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wir aber sprachen: Wir können nicht hinabziehen. Wenn unser jüngster Bruder bei uns ist, so wollen wir hinabziehen; denn wir dürfen das Angesicht des Mannes nicht sehen, wenn unser jüngster Bruder nicht bei uns ist. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cui diximus: Ire non possumus: si frater noster minimus descenderit nobiscum, proficiscemur simul: alioquin illo absente, non audemus videre faciem viri. |