Genesis 44:24
When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
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- Gen 42:29-34 : 29 They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying, 30 “The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land. 31 But we said to him,‘We are honest men; we are not spies! 32 We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.’ 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. 34 But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”
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- Gen 44:17-237 verses85%
17But 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.”
18Then 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.
19My lord asked his servants,‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
20We 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.’
22We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’
23But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’
- Gen 44:25-273 verses85%
25“Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’
26But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’
27“Then your servant my father said to us,‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.
- Gen 43:2-87 verses79%
2When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”
3But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
4If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.
5But if you will not send him, we won’t go down there because the man said to us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’”
6Israel said,“Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?”
7They 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’?”
8Then Judah said to his father Israel,“Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die– we and you and our little ones.
- Gen 44:30-345 verses79%
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.
31When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.
32Indeed, 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.
34For 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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20They said,“My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.
- Gen 42:29-302 verses78%
29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,
30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.
- Gen 44:7-82 verses77%
7They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
8Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
- Gen 45:12-132 verses76%
12You and my brother Benjamin can certainly see with your own eyes that I really am the one who speaks to you.
13So 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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10But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!
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9Now 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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31Then 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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5Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Your father and your brothers have come to you.
- Gen 42:32-343 verses75%
32We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.’
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.
34But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”
- Gen 42:20-212 verses74%
20But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.
21They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”
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25So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
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13They 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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18Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”
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4Joseph 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.
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16So they sent word to Joseph, saying,“Your father gave these instructions before he died:
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22We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”
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1Joseph’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.”
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18When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him,“We cannot hide from our lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.