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Genesis 43

Genesis 43:4

The Return to Egypt with Benjamin · Genesis 43:1–15
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Translations

Modern
If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
Traditional
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
Literal
If you send our brother with us, we will go down and we will buy for you food.
Latin
Si ergo vis eum mittere nobiscum, pergemus pariter, et ememus tibi necessaria:

Original

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

Notes

Genesis 43:1–7

As the famine continued, Jacob's family needed more grain. But, they could not go back to Egypt without Benjamin (42:16, 20). Jacob understood he was in a difficult situation. He needed more food but he would not risk losing Benjamin.

Genesis 42:1–44:34

Joseph did several unusual things to his brothers when they came looking for grain. The last time Joseph had been with them, they were filled with jealousy, hatred, and anger; they attempted to destroy their brother, and they deceived their father. Joseph put them through various tests, similar to the trying situations they had put him through, to see if they had changed.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Jacob Joseph Judah Symbolic Numbers

Events

Glossary

Benjamin (Person) Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Famine Genesis, Book of Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the

Topics

Jacob: Sends to Egypt to Buy Corn (Grain) Judah: Son of Jacob: Goes Down Into Egypt for Corn (Grain)