5But if you will not send him, we will not go down, because the man said to us, 'You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.' "


In Context

2 So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, "Go back and buy us a little more food."

3 But Judah said to him, "The man warned us solemnly, 'You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.'

4 If you will send our brother along with us, we will go down and buy food for you.

5 But if you will not send him, we will not go down, because the man said to us, 'You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.' "

6 Israel asked, "Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had another brother?"

7 They replied, "The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. 'Is your father still living?' he asked us. 'Do you have another brother?' We simply answered his questions. How were we to know he would say, 'Bring your brother down here'?"

Genesis 43:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

43:5But 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

43:5But if thou wilt not, we will not go: for the man, as we have often said, declared unto us, saying: You shall not see my face without your youngest brother.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

43:5but 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:5but if thou do not send him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

43:5but 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:5But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:5but if you'll not send him, we'll not go down, for the man said to us, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

43:5and if thou art not sending — we do not go down, for the man said unto us, Ye do not see my face without your brother being with you.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

43:5But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.