Genesis 43:3 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 43:3

But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

KJV

And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

And since Joseph so ardently desired the sight of his brother Benjamin, it is not surprising that he should have labored, in every possible way, to obtain it. It may also have happened that he had caused some notification or legal summons to be served, by which his brother was cited to make his appearance, as in judicial causes.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֵלָ֛יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
יְהוּדָ֖ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
הָעֵ֣ד	ha.'Ed	certainly <to warn>	H5749 →
הֵעִד֩	he.'Id	he warned	H5749 →
בָּ֨נוּ	Ba.nu	<in> us
הָאִ֤ישׁ	ha.'Ish	the man	H376 →
לֵאמֹר֙	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תִרְא֣וּ	tir.'U	you will see	H7200 →
פָנַ֔י	fa.Nai	face my	H6440 →
בִּלְתִּ֖י	bil.Ti	except	H1115 →
אֲחִיכֶ֥ם	'a.chi.Khem	brother your	H251 →
אִתְּכֶֽם׃	'i.te.Khem	[is] with you	H854 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Samuel 3:13
“Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to…
leads to
- Genesis 44:26
  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.’
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 19:11–17
  Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will…
- 1 Samuel 18:20–28
  Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
- Genesis 44:23
  But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
Through
Genesis 44:23
But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
leads to
- Genesis 43:5
  But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
- Genesis 42:15–20
  And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
Through
Genesis 43:5
But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
leads to
- Exodus 20:12
  Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Genesis 42:38
  But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring…