Génesis 44:20

20 Y respondimos a mi señor: "Tenemos un padre ya anciano y un hermano pequeño, hijo de su vejez. Y su hermano ha muerto, así que sólo queda él de los hijos de su madre, y su padre lo ama."

Génesis 44:20 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 44:20

And we said unto my lord, we have a father
Yet living in the land of Canaan: an old man;
being one hundred and thirty years of age, ( Genesis 47:9 ) ; and a child of his old age;
who was born when he was near an hundred years of age: and a little one;
not in stature, but in age, being the youngest son, and much younger than they: so they represented him, on that account, and because he was tenderly brought up with his father, and not inured to business and hardship, and so unfit to travel: and his brother is dead;
meaning Joseph: so they thought him to be, having not heard of him for twenty two years or more, and they had so often said he was dead, or suggested as much, that they at length believed he was: and he alone is left of his mother;
the only child left of his mother Rachel: and his father loveth him;
being his youngest son, and the only child of his beloved Rachel, and therefore most dear unto him.

Génesis 44:20 In-Context

18 Entonces Judá se le acercó, y dijo: Oh señor mío, permite a tu siervo hablar una palabra a los oídos de mi señor, y que no se encienda tu ira contra tu siervo, pues tú eres como Faraón mismo.

19 Mi señor preguntó a sus siervos, diciendo: "¿Tenéis padre o hermano?"

20 Y respondimos a mi señor: "Tenemos un padre ya anciano y un hermano pequeño, hijo de su vejez. Y su hermano ha muerto, así que sólo queda él de los hijos de su madre, y su padre lo ama."

21 Entonces tú dijiste a tus siervos: "Traédmelo para que yo lo vea."

22 Y nosotros respondimos a mi señor: "El muchacho no puede dejar a su padre, pues si dejara a su padre, éste moriría."