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5But 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.

Genesis 43:5

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Matthew Henry

(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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