Genesis 44:26

And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַנֹּ֕אמֶר va.No.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common plural
cannot	נוּכַ֖ל nu.Khal	H3201	to be able · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common plural
down	לָרֶ֑דֶת la.Re.det	H3381	to descend (literally · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
youngest	הַקָּטֹ֤ן ha.ka.Ton	H6996	abbreviated · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
brother	אָחִ֨ינוּ 'a.Chi.nu	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
be	יֵשׁ֩ yesh	H3426	there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be · cardinal number, both genders singular construct
down	וְיָרַ֔דְנוּ ve.ya.Rad.nu	H3381	to descend (literally · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common plural
may	נוּכַ֗ל nu.Khal	H3201	to be able · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common plural
see	לִרְאוֹת֙ lir.'Ot	H7200	to see · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
man’s	הָאִ֔ישׁ ha.'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
face	פְּנֵ֣י pe.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural construct
except	אֵינֶ֥נּוּ 'ei.Ne.nu	H369	a non-entity · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
youngest	הַקָּטֹ֖ן ha.ka.Ton	H6996	abbreviated · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
brother	וְאָחִ֥ינוּ ve.'a.Chi.nu	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Genesis 43:4-5 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
Luke 11:7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give th…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 44:18–end

We have here a most ingenious and pathetic speech which Judah made to Joseph on Benjamin's behalf, to obtain his discharge from the sentence passed upon him. Perhaps Judah was a better friend to Benjamin than the rest were, and more solicitous to bring him off; or he thought himself under greater obligations to attempt it than the rest, because he had passed his word to his father for his safe return; or the rest chose him for their spokesman, because he was a man of better sense, and better spirit, and had a greater command of language than any of them. His address, as it is here recorded, is so very natural and so expressive of his present feelings that we cannot but suppose Moses, who wro…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 44:16

Judah said, What shall we say?--This address needs no comment--consisting at first of short, broken sentences, as if, under the overwhelming force of the speaker's emotions, his utterance were choked, it becomes more free and copious by the effort of speaking, as he proceeds. Every word finds its way to the heart; and it may well be imagined that Benjamin, who stood there speechless like a victim about to be laid on the altar, when he heard the magnanimous offer of Judah to submit to slavery for his ransom, would be bound by a lifelong gratitude to his generous brother, a tie that seems to have become hereditary in his tribe. Joseph's behavior must not be viewed from any single point, or in…

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Adam Clarke on Genesis 44:18

Thou art even as Pharaoh - As wise, as powerful, and as much to be dreaded as he. In the Asiatic countries, the reigning monarch is always considered to be the pattern of all perfection; and the highest honor that can be conferred on any person, is to resemble him to the monarch; as the monarch himself is likened, in the same complimentary way, to an angel of God. See Sa2 14:17, Sa2 14:18. Judah is the chief speaker here, because it was in consequence of his becoming surety for Benjamin that Jacob permitted him to accompany them to Egypt. See Gen 43:9. "Every man who reads," says Dr. Dodd, "to the close of this chapter, must confess that Judah acts here the part both of the affectionate brot…

Dictionary and topics

Judah — Praise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah’s words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: “Now will I praise [Heb. odeh] Jehovah, and she called his name Yehudah”…
Judah · .Goes down into Egypt for corn (grain) — .Goes down into Egypt for corn (grain)
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Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 44:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 44:18–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 44:16

Adam Clarke on Genesis 44:18

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 44:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 44:18–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 44:16

Adam Clarke on Genesis 44:18

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Genesis 44:26

John Calvin on Genesis 44:18–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 44:21-26

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 44:18-34

Rashi on Genesis 44:22