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Genesis 44:19
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My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Have you a father, or a brother?'
Genesis 44:19 Meaning and Commentary
Genesis 44:19
My lord asked his servants
The first time they came down to Egypt to buy corn; he puts him in mind of what passed between them at that time: saying, have ye a father or a brother?
which question followed upon their saying that they were the sons of one man, ( Genesis 42:11 ) ( 43:7 ) .
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Genesis 44:19 In-Context
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But he said, "Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."
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Then Judah went up to him and said, "O my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant; for you are like Pharaoh himself.
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My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Have you a father, or a brother?'
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And we said to my lord, 'We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the child of his old age; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's children; and his father loves him.'
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Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes upon him.'
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.