Genesis 44:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

We said to my lord,‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

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  • Gen 37:3 : 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.
  • Gen 42:38 : 38 But Jacob replied,“My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave.”
  • Gen 43:7-8 : 7 They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?” 8 Then Judah said to his father Israel,“Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die– we and you and our little ones.
  • Gen 44:27-30 : 27 “Then your servant my father said to us,‘You know that my wife gave me two sons. 28 The first disappeared and I said,“He has surely been torn to pieces.” I have not seen him since. 29 If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.’ 30 “So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.
  • Gen 46:21 : 21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.
  • Gen 49:8 : 8 Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies, your father’s sons will bow down before you.
  • Luke 7:12 : 12 As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother(who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.
  • Gen 37:19 : 19 They said to one another,“Here comes this master of dreams!
  • Gen 37:33-35 : 33 He recognized it and exclaimed,“It is my son’s tunic! A wild animal has eaten him! Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!” 34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days. 35 All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled.“No,” he said,“I will go to the grave mourning my son.” So Joseph’s father wept for him.
  • Gen 42:13 : 13 They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”
  • Gen 42:36 : 36 Their father Jacob said to them,“You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me.”
  • Gen 35:18 : 18 With her dying breath, she named him Ben Oni. But his father called him Benjamin instead.

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  • Gen 44:21-34
    14 verses
    87%

    21“Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’

    22We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’

    23But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’

    24When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

    25“Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’

    26But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’

    27“Then your servant my father said to us,‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.

    28The first disappeared and I said,“He has surely been torn to pieces.” I have not seen him since.

    29If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.’

    30“So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.

    31When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.

    32Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’

    33“So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.

    34For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”

  • Gen 44:18-19
    2 verses
    87%

    18Then Judah approached him and said,“My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word with you. Please do not get angry with your servant, for you are just like Pharaoh.

    19My lord asked his servants,‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

  • Gen 43:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6Israel said,“Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?”

    7They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”

    8Then Judah said to his father Israel,“Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die– we and you and our little ones.

  • Gen 42:32-33
    2 verses
    79%

    32We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.’

    33“Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.

  • Gen 42:13
    77%

    13They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”

  • Gen 42:36-38
    3 verses
    76%

    36Their father Jacob said to them,“You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me.”

    37Then Reuben said to his father,“You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you.”

    38But Jacob replied,“My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave.”

  • Gen 43:14
    74%

    14May the Sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”

  • Gen 45:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12You and my brother Benjamin can certainly see with your own eyes that I really am the one who speaks to you.

    13So tell my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!”

  • Gen 42:20
    73%

    20But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.

  • Gen 50:16
    72%

    16So they sent word to Joseph, saying,“Your father gave these instructions before he died:

  • Gen 43:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”

    3But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

    4If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.

  • Gen 44:7
    72%

    7They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

  • Gen 43:27
    72%

    27He asked them how they were doing. Then he said,“Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?”

  • Gen 47:5
    72%

    5Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Your father and your brothers have come to you.

  • Gen 46:31
    72%

    31Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household,“I will go up and tell Pharaoh,‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.

  • Gen 43:29
    72%

    29When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he said,“Is this your youngest brother, whom you told me about?” Then he said,“May God be gracious to you, my son.”