Genesis 44:21
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And thou saidst to thy servants: Bring him hither to me, and I will set my eyes on him.

Bring.

Genesis 42:15,20 I shall now presently try what you are: by the health of Pharao, you shall not depart hence, until your youngest brother come. . . .

Genesis 43:29 And Joseph lifting up his eyes, saw Benjamin, his brother by the same mother, and said: Is this your young brother, of whom you told me? And he said: God be gracious to thee, my son.

that I may.

Jeremiah 24:6 And I will set my eyes upon them to be pacified, and I will bring them again into this land: and I will build them up, and not pull them down: and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

Jeremiah 50:4 In those days, and at that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Juda together: going and weeping they shall make haste, and shall seek the Lord their God.

Amos 9:4 And though they be hid in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them away from thence: and though they hide themselves from my eyes in the depth of the sea, there will I command the serpent and he shall bite them.

Context
Judah Pleads for Benjamin
20And we answered thee, my lord: We have a father an old man, and a young boy, that was born in his old age; whose brother by the mother is dead; and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him tenderly. 21And thou saidst to thy servants: Bring him hither to me, and I will set my eyes on him.22We suggested to my lord: The boy cannot leave his father: for if he leave him, he will die.…
Cross References
Genesis 42:15
I shall now presently try what you are: by the health of Pharao, you shall not depart hence, until your youngest brother come.

Genesis 42:20
And bring your youngest brother to me, that I may find your words to be true, and you may not die. They did as he had said.

Genesis 44:22
We suggested to my lord: The boy cannot leave his father: for if he leave him, he will die.

Lexicon
Then you told
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

your servants,
עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ (‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

‘Bring him down
הוֹרִדֻ֖הוּ (hō·w·ri·ḏu·hū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

to me
אֵלָ֑י (’ê·lāy)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

so that I can see
וְאָשִׂ֥ימָה (wə·’ā·śî·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

him
עָלָֽיו׃ (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

for myself.’
עֵינִ֖י (‘ê·nî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain


Additional Translations
Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

And thou saidst to they servants, Bring him down to me, and I will take care of him.

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set mine eye on him.

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

And thou saidst to thy servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes upon him.

You said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.'

'And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set mine eye upon him;
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