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You said to your servants, `Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.`
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A Confirmed Warning
Commentators clarify that Joseph's stark warning, "you shall see my face no more," was indeed given, even if not recorded verbatim in the earlier narrative. Judah's own report to his father in Genesis 43:3 confirms the severity and reality of this demand, setting the stage for the dramatic events to follow.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Joseph has had the satisfaction of seeing his brother Benjamin safe and well. He has heard his brothers acknowledging their guilt concerning himsel…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you said to your servants In answer to the representation of things made by them, and notwithstanding that:
Had Joseph been, as Judah supposed him, a complete stranger to the family, he could not help but be moved by his powerful reasonings. But neither J…
