3And 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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And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)Here, 1. Jacob urges his sons to go and buy more corn in Egypt, Gen. 43:1 , 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 ? Jacob bids them go again and buy a little food;…
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