Genesis 44:19

The last time we were here, you asked us, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

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In The King James Version

My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?

In Context

18Judah went to Joseph and said, “Sir, I know you are a very powerful man. You are like Pharaoh himself and so please do not be angry with me. Can I tell you our story?

20And we answered you and said, ‘Yes we have an old father, and we have a younger brother who was born when our father was very old.’ We used to have another brother, but he is dead. Benjamin is the only child left from that mother and so our father loves him very much.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:7As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he knew who they were, but he acted like he did not know them. He spoke hard words to them and said, “Where do you come from?” His brothers answered, “We come from the country called Canaan. We have come to buy food.”

Genesis 43:29Joseph and Benjamin had the same mother and father, and when Joseph saw Benjamin, he said, “You told me that you had a younger brother. Is this him?” Then he said to Benjamin, “I will pray and ask God to be good to you my son.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 44:19-34

Judah's Appeal on Behalf of Benjamin. ( b. c. 1707.) 18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? 20 And we said unto 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 loveth him. 21 And… Read the whole commentary →

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