Genesis 44:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My lord said to his servants, Have you a father or a brother?

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  • Gen 43:7 : 7 Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.
  • Gen 43:29 : 29 Then Joseph's heart went out to his brother, and he went quickly into his room, for he was overcome with weeping.
  • Gen 42:7-9 : 7 And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food. 8 Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was. 9 Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is. 10 And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.

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  • Gen 44:20-25
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    20 And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father.

    21 And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

    22 And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.

    23 But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again.

    24 And when we went back to your servant, our father, we gave him an account of my lord's words.

    25 And our father said, Go again and get us a little food.

  • Gen 44:15-18
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    15 And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?

    16 And Judah said, What are we to say to my lord? how may we put ourselves right in his eyes? God has made clear the sin of your servants: now we are in your hands, we and the man in whose bag your cup was seen.

    17 Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.

    18 Then Judah came near him, and said, Let your servant say a word in my lord's ears, and let not your wrath be burning against your servant: for you are in the place of Pharaoh to us.

  • Gen 43:6-7
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    6 And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brother?

    7 Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.

  • 27 And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons;

  • 5 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

  • 3 And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us.

  • 7 And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:

  • Gen 44:32-34
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    32 For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

    33 So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.

    34 For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?

  • 13 Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.

  • 27 And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.

  • 1 Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 45:3-4
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    3 And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph: is my father still living? But his brothers were not able to give him an answer for they were troubled before him.

    4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.

  • Gen 43:2-3
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    2 And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

    3 If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food:

  • 31 And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;

  • 30 If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,

  • 33 And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

  • 16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying,

  • 17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

  • 9 Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

  • 13 Give my father word of all my glory in Egypt and of all you have seen; and come back quickly with my father.

  • 18 Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.

  • 10 And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.

  • 16 And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.