Genesis 44:20

We said to 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 loves him.’

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WEBBE

We said to 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 loves him.’

BSB

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.’

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father.

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וַנֹּאמֶר va·no·mer and we said H559 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 אֲדֹנִי 'a·do·ni lord my H113 יֶשׁ־ yesh- there H3426 לָנוּ la·nu [belongs] to us H9035 אָב 'av a father H1 זָקֵן za·ken old H2205 וְיֶלֶד ve·ye·led and a child of H3206 זְקֻנִים ze·ku·nim old age(s) H2208 קָטָן ka·tan young H6996 וְאָחִיו ve·'a·chiv and brother his H251 מֵת met he died H4191 וַיִּוָּתֵר vai·yi·va·ter and he was left H3498 הוּא hu' he H1931 לְבַדּוֹ le·va·do to only him H905 לְאִמּוֹ le·'i·mo to mother his H517 וְאָבִיו ve·'a·viv and father his H1 אֲהֵבוֹ 'a·he·vo he loves him H157

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 18–34

Had Joseph been, as Judah supposed him, an utter stranger to the family, he could not but be wrought upon by his powerful reasonings. But neither Jacob nor Benjamin need an intercessor with Joseph; for he himself loved them. Judah's faithful cleaving to Benjamin, now, in his distress, was recompensed long afterwards by the tribe of Benjamin keeping with the tribe of Judah, when the other tribes deserted it. The apostle, when discoursing of the mediation of Christ, observes, that our Lord sprang out of Judah, He 7:14; and he not only made intercession for the transgressors, but he became a Surety for them, testifying therein tender concern, both for his Father and for his brethren. Jesus, the great antitype of Joseph, humbles and proves his people, even after they have had some tastes of his loving-kindness. He brings their sins to their remembrance, that they may exercise and show repentance, and feel how much they owe to his mercy.

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