Genesis 44:20
And we say to my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father has loved him.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19My lord has asked his servants, saying, Do you have a father or brother?
21And you say to your servants, Bring him down to me, and I set my eye on him;
Cross References
Genesis 37:3And Israel has loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he [is] a son of his old age, and has made for him a long coat;
Genesis 37:33And he discerns it and says, “My son’s coat! An evil beast has devoured him; torn—Joseph is torn!”
Genesis 42:36and their father Jacob says to them, “You have bereaved me; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin you take—all these [things] have been against me.”
Genesis 43:7And they say, “The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our family, saying, Is your father yet alive? Have you a brother? And we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?”
Genesis 46:21And sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
Luke 7:12and as He came near to the gate of the city, then, behold, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her.
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 →