Genesis 44:20

World English Bible (2000)

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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  • Gen 37:3 : 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.
  • Gen 42:38 : 38 He said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."
  • Gen 43:7-8 : 7 They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'" 8 Judah said to Israel, his father, "Send the boy with me, and we'll get up and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones.
  • Gen 44:27-30 : 27 Your servant, my father, said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons: 28 and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces;" and I haven't seen him since. 29 If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.' 30 Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the boy's life;
  • Gen 46:21 : 21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
  • Gen 49:8 : 8 "Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father's sons will bow down before you.
  • Luke 7:12 : 12 Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.
  • Gen 37:19 : 19 They said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer comes.
  • Gen 37:33-35 : 33 He recognized it, and said, "It is my son's coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces." 34 Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days. 35 All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning." His father wept for him.
  • Gen 42:13 : 13 They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."
  • Gen 42:36 : 36 Jacob, their father, said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me."
  • Gen 35:18 : 18 It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.

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  • Gen 44:21-34
    14 verses
    87%

    21 You said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.'

    22 We said to my lord, 'The boy can't leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'

    23 You said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.'

    24 It happened when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

    25 Our father said, 'Go again, buy us a little food.'

    26 We said, 'We can't go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man's face, unless our youngest brother is with us.'

    27 Your servant, my father, said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons:

    28 and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces;" and I haven't seen him since.

    29 If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.'

    30 Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the boy's life;

    31 it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol.

    32 For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, 'If I don't bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.'

    33 Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, a bondservant to my lord; and let the boy go up with his brothers.

    34 For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn't with me?--lest I see the evil that will come on my father."

  • Gen 44:18-19
    2 verses
    87%

    18 Then 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.

    19 My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Have you a father, or a brother?'

  • Gen 43:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6 Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?"

    7 They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"

    8 Judah said to Israel, his father, "Send the boy with me, and we'll get up and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones.

  • Gen 42:32-33
    2 verses
    79%

    32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.'

    33 The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

  • Gen 42:13
    77%

    13 They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."

  • Gen 42:36-38
    3 verses
    76%

    36 Jacob, their father, said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me."

    37 Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "Kill my two sons, if I don't bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again."

    38 He said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."

  • Gen 43:14
    74%

    14 May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."

  • Gen 45:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

    13 You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father down here."

  • Gen 42:20
    73%

    20 Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won't die." They did so.

  • Gen 50:16
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    16 They sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father commanded before he died, saying,

  • Gen 43:2-4
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    72%

    2 It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."

    3 Judah spoke to him, saying, "The man solemnly warned us, saying, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'

    4 If you'll send our brother with us, we'll go down and buy you food,

  • Gen 44:7
    72%

    7 They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!

  • Gen 43:27
    72%

    27 He asked them of their welfare, and said, "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?"

  • Gen 47:5
    72%

    5 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.

  • Gen 46:31
    72%

    31 Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house, "I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, 'My brothers, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

  • Gen 43:29
    72%

    29 He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" He said, "God be gracious to you, my son."