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.'|


In Context

2 It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, |Go again, buy us a little more food.|

3 Judah spoke to him, saying, |The man solemnly warned us, saying, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'

4 If you'll send our brother with us, we'll go down and buy you food,

5 but 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.'|

6 Israel said, |Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?|

7 They said, |The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'|

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

43:5But 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.' "

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 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.