Genesis 43:3 (BSB)

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

From Genesis 43. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Genesis 43:3

  • John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Genesis 43:3: 3. And Judah spake unto him, saying. Judah seems to feign something, for the purpose of extorting from his father what he knew he would not freely grant; but it is probable that many discourses had been held on both sides, which Moses, according to his custom, has not related.
  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Genesis 43:1-10: Here, 1. Jacob urges his sons to go and buy more corn in Egypt, Gen 43:1, Gen 43:2. The famine continued; and the corn they had bought was all spent, for it is meat that perisheth. Jacob, as a good master of a family, is in care to provide for those of his own house food convenient; and shall not God provide for his children, for the household of faith?
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Genesis 43:3: If thou wilt send our brother with us,.... Give orders for his going with us, and put him under our care: we will go down and buy thee food; signifying, on the above condition, that they were ready and willing to take a journey into Egypt, and buy provisions for him and his family, otherwise not.
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Genesis 43:3-5: Gen 43:3-5 Judah then declared, that they would not go there again unless their father sent Benjamin with them; for the man (Joseph) had solemnly protested (העד העד) that they should not see his face without their youngest brother. Judah undertook the consultation with his father about Benjamin’s going, because Reuben, the eldest son, had already been refused, and Levi, who followed Reuben and Simeon...