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Genesis 44:20

World English Bible

We said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.’

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Genesis 44:20 in other translations

And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loveth him.

Genesis 44:20 · American Standard Version

Genesis 44:20 in context

  1. 18Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
  2. 19My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’
  3. 20We said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.’
  4. 21You said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’
  5. 22We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’