Genesis 44:19
My lord asked his servants,‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
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- Gen 43:7 : 7 They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”
- Gen 43:29 : 29 When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he said,“Is this your youngest brother, whom you told me about?” Then he said,“May God be gracious to you, my son.”
- Gen 42:7-9 : 7 When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.” 8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him. 9 Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them,“You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!” 10 But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!
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- Gen 44:20-256 verses87%
20 We said to my lord,‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
21 “Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’
22 We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’
23 But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’
24 When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25 “Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’
- Gen 44:15-184 verses82%
15 Joseph said to them,“What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”
16 Judah replied,“What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has exposed the sin of your servants! We are now my lord’s slaves, we and the one in whose possession the cup was found.”
17 But Joseph said,“Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace.”
18 Then Judah approached him and said,“My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word with you. Please do not get angry with your servant, for you are just like Pharaoh.
- Gen 43:6-72 verses80%
6 Israel said,“Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?”
7 They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”
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27 “Then your servant my father said to us,‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.
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5 Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Your father and your brothers have come to you.
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3 Pharaoh said to Joseph’s brothers,“What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh,“Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did.”
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7 They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
- Gen 44:32-343 verses76%
32 Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’
33 “So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.
34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”
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13 They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”
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27 He asked them how they were doing. Then he said,“Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?”
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1 Joseph’s Wise Administration Joseph went and told Pharaoh,“My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.”
- Gen 45:3-42 verses74%
3 Joseph said to his brothers,“I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” His brothers could not answer him because they were dumbfounded before him.
4 Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
- Gen 43:2-32 verses73%
2 When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”
3 But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
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31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household,“I will go up and tell Pharaoh,‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.
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30 “So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.
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33 “Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.
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16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying,“Your father gave these instructions before he died:
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17 Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Say to your brothers,‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!
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9 Now go up to my father quickly and tell him,‘This is what your son Joseph says:“God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay!
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13 So tell my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!”
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18 Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”
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10 But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!
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16 He replied,“I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are grazing their flocks.”