Genesis 44:19
What does Genesis 44:19 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 44:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
KJV
King James Version · 1611My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949My lord said to his servants, Have you a father or a brother?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862My lord hath asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father or brother?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752My lord. Thou didst ask thy servants the first time: Have you a father or a brother.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
Context
v.18Then 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.
v.19This passage
v.20And 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 42:7
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
- Genesis 43:29
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
- Genesis 43:7
And they said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we in any wise know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
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