Genesis 44:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And we aunswered my lorde: we haue a father that is olde, and a young lad, which he begat in his age: and the brother of the sayd lad is dead, and he is all that is left of his mother, and his father loueth him.

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  • Gen 37:3 : 3 But Israel loued Ioseph more then all his chyldren, because he begate hym in his olde age: and he made hym a coate of many colours.
  • Gen 42:38 : 38 And he said: My sonne shall not go downe with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if destruction come vpon hym by the way whiche ye go, ye shall bring my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue.
  • Gen 43:7-8 : 7 They aunswered, The man asked vs straytely of our state and of our kinrede, saying: Is your father yet aliue? haue ye not another brother? And we tolde hym accordyng to the tenour of these wordes: Could we by any meane knowe, that he would say, bryng your brother downe with you? 8 The said Iuda vnto Israel his father: send the lad with me, that we may arise and go, and that we may liue, & not dye, yea both we & thou, & also our meany.
  • Gen 44:27-30 : 27 And thy seruaunt our father sayd vnto vs: ye knowe that my wyfe bare me two sonnes. 28 And the one went out from me, and I sayd, of a suretie he is torne in peeces, and I sawe him not since. 29 And if ye take this also away from me, and destruction come vnto him, ye shall bryng my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue. 30 Nowe therefore when I come to thy seruaunt my father, and the lad be not with vs (seing that his life hangeth by the laddes life.)
  • Gen 46:21 : 21 The children of Beniamin: Bela, and Becher, and Asbel, Gera, & Naaman, Ehi, and Ros, Muppim, and Huppim, and Arde.
  • Gen 49:8 : 8 Iuda, thou art he whom thy brethren shall prayse: Thy hande shalbe in the necke of thine enemies, thy fathers children shall stowpe before thee.
  • Luke 7:12 : 12 When he came nye to the gate of the citie, beholde, there was a dead man caryed out, which was the only sonne of his mother, and she was a widdowe: And much people of the citie was with her.
  • Gen 37:19 : 19 For one sayde to another: behold, this notable dreamer commeth.
  • Gen 37:33-35 : 33 And he knewe it, saying: It is my sonnes coate, a naughtie beast hath deuoured hym, Ioseph is without doubt rent in peeces. 34 And Iacob rent his clothes, & put sackcloth about his loynes, and mourned for his sonne a long season. 35 But all his sonnes & all his daughters rose vp to comfort hym: neuerthelesse he woulde not be comforted, but sayde, I wyll go downe into the graue vnto my sonne, mournyng: And thus his father wept for hym.
  • Gen 42:13 : 13 And they said: we thy seruauntes are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Chanaan, and beholde, the youngest is this day with our father, & one, no man woteth where he is.
  • Gen 42:36 : 36 And Iacob theyr father sayde vnto them: Me haue ye robbed of my children, Ioseph is away, and Simeon is away, & ye will take Beniamin away: all these thinges are agaynst me.
  • Gen 35:18 : 18 Then as her soule was a departing (for she died) she called his name Benoni, but his father called hym Beniamin.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 44:21-34
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    87%

    21And thou saidest vnto thy seruauntes: bryng him vnto me, that I may set my eyes vpon him.

    22And we aunswered my Lorde, that the lad could not go from his father, for if he shoulde leaue his father, he were but dead.

    23Then saydest thou vnto thy seruauntes: except your youngest brother come with you, loke that ye see my face no more.

    24And when we came vnto thy seruaunt our father, we shewed hym the wordes of my Lorde.

    25And our father sayde vnto vs: go agayne, and bye vs a litle foode.

    26And we aunswered, we can not go downe: neuerthelesse, if our youngest brother be with vs, then wyll we go downe, for we may not see the mans face, except our youngest brother be with vs.

    27And thy seruaunt our father sayd vnto vs: ye knowe that my wyfe bare me two sonnes.

    28And the one went out from me, and I sayd, of a suretie he is torne in peeces, and I sawe him not since.

    29And if ye take this also away from me, and destruction come vnto him, ye shall bryng my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue.

    30Nowe therefore when I come to thy seruaunt my father, and the lad be not with vs (seing that his life hangeth by the laddes life.)

    31Then shall it come to passe, that assoone as he seeth that the lad is not come, he wyll dye: so shall we thy seruauntes bryng the gray head of thy seruaunt our father with sorowe vnto the graue.

    32For I thy seruaunt became suretie for the lad before my father, and saide: If I bryng hym not vnto thee agayne, I shal beare the blame vnto my father all my lyfe long.

    33Nowe therefore I pray thee, let me thy seruaunt byde here for the lad, and be my lordes bondman, and let the lad go vp with his brethren.

    34For howe can I go vp to my father, if the ladde be not with me? vnlesse I woulde see the wretchednesse that shall come on my father.

  • Gen 44:18-19
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    18Then Iuda went vnto him, and said: Oh my lorde, let thy seruaunt I pray thee speake a worde in my lordes eares, and be not inflamed with wrath agaynst thy seruaunt, for thou art euen as Pharao.

    19My lorde asked his seruauntes, saying: haue ye a father, or a brother?

  • Gen 43:6-8
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    6And Israel sayd: wherefore dealt ye so cruelly with me, as to tell the man that ye had yet a brother?

    7They aunswered, The man asked vs straytely of our state and of our kinrede, saying: Is your father yet aliue? haue ye not another brother? And we tolde hym accordyng to the tenour of these wordes: Could we by any meane knowe, that he would say, bryng your brother downe with you?

    8The said Iuda vnto Israel his father: send the lad with me, that we may arise and go, and that we may liue, & not dye, yea both we & thou, & also our meany.

  • Gen 42:32-33
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    32We be twelue brethren, sonnes of our father: one is away, and the youngest is this day with our father in the lande of Chanaan.

    33And the Lorde of the countrey sayde agayne vnto vs, Hereby shall I know that ye meane truely: leaue one of your brethren here with me, and take foode to put away the famine fro your householdes, and get you away.

  • Gen 42:13
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    13And they said: we thy seruauntes are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Chanaan, and beholde, the youngest is this day with our father, & one, no man woteth where he is.

  • Gen 42:36-38
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    76%

    36And Iacob theyr father sayde vnto them: Me haue ye robbed of my children, Ioseph is away, and Simeon is away, & ye will take Beniamin away: all these thinges are agaynst me.

    37Ruben said vnto his father: slay my two sonnes, yf I bring hym not to thee agayne: deliuer him to my hande, and I will bring him to thee agayne.

    38And he said: My sonne shall not go downe with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if destruction come vpon hym by the way whiche ye go, ye shall bring my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue.

  • Gen 43:14
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    14And God almightie geue you mercye in the sight of the man, that he may deliuer you your other brother, & this Beniamin: and thus I am as one that is quite robbed of his chyldren.

  • Gen 45:12-13
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    12And beholde your eyes do see, and the eyes also of my brother Beniamin, that mine own mouth speaketh vnto you.

    13Therfore tell my father of all my glorie in Egypt, and of all that you haue seene, and make hast, and bryng my father hyther.

  • Gen 42:20
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    20But bryng your youngest brother vnto me, and so shal your wordes be tryed true, and ye shall not dye: & they dyd so.

  • Gen 50:16
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    16And they dyd sende a message vnto Ioseph, saying: Thy father dyd commaunde before he dyed, saying:

  • Gen 43:2-4
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    2And it came to passe when they had eaten vp the corne which they had brought out of the lande of Egypt, theyr father sayde vnto them: go agayne and bye vs a litle foode.

    3Iuda aunswered him, and sayd, The man did solemply protest vnto vs saying: ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

    4If thou wylt sende our brother with vs, we wyll go downe, and bye thee foode.

  • Gen 44:7
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    7And they aunswered him: wherfore sayeth my Lorde suche wordes? God forbid that thy seruauntes should do so.

  • Gen 43:27
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    27And he asked them of their welfare, and sayd: Is your father, that old man whiche ye tolde me of, in good health? and is he yet aliue?

  • Gen 47:5
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    5And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: thy father & thy brethre are come vnto thee.

  • Gen 46:31
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    31And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren, and vnto his fathers house: I wyll go vp, and shewe Pharao, and tell him: my brethren, and my fathers house, whiche were in the lande of Chanaan, are come vnto me.

  • Gen 43:29
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    29And he lifting vp his eyes, behelde his brother Beniamin his mothers sonne, and sayd: is this your younger brother of whom ye spake vnto me? And he said: God be mercyfull vnto thee my sonne.