Genesis 44:20
And we told my lord, We have an aged father, and the youngest (son) is the son of his old age; his brother is dead; and he only remains of his mother, and his father loves him.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
19My lord asked his servants, saying, Have you a father or a brother?
21And thou saidst to thy servants, Bring him down to me, and let me set mine eyes upon him.
Cross References
Genesis 37:3But Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he had in him a wise son, and he made him a variegated robe.
Genesis 37:33And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s robe; an evil beast hath devoured him: slain, slain is Joseph!
Genesis 42:36And Jakob their father said to them, Me have you made desolate; Joseph is not, and Shemeon is not (here), and Benjamin you would take away; upon me are all these!
Genesis 43:7And they said, The man asking asked us concerning our family, saying, Is your father yet alive? Have you a brother? And we showed him according to the word of these things: knowing could we know that be would say, Bring your brother to me?
Genesis 46:21And the sons of Benjamin, Bela, and Bekor, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Achi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huphim, and Arede.
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 →