Genesis 44:20

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.

And we said {H559} unto my lord {H113}, We have {H3426} a father {H1}, an old man {H2205}, and a child {H3206} of his old age {H2208}, a little one {H6996}; and his brother {H251} is dead {H4191}, and he alone is left {H3498} of his mother {H517}, and his father {H1} loveth {H157} him.

We answered my lord, 'We have a father who is an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one whose brother is dead; so that of his mother's children he alone is left; and his father loves him.'

And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

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.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 37:3 (5 votes)

    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] colours.

  • Genesis 42:38 (3 votes)

    And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • Luke 7:12 (2 votes)

    Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

  • Genesis 42:13 (2 votes)

    And they said, Thy servants [are] twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest [is] this day with our father, and one [is] not.

  • Genesis 42:36 (2 votes)

    And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved [of my children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are against me.

  • Genesis 37:19 (2 votes)

    And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

  • Genesis 49:8 (2 votes)

    ¶ Judah, thou [art he] whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand [shall be] in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.