My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’
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My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’
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My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
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My lord asked his servants, saying: Have ye a father, or a brother?
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to Genesis 44:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 43:7 They said, “The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down?’ ”
- Genesis 42:7-10 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.” Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him. Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.” They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
- Genesis 43:29 He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?” He said, “God be gracious to you, my son.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 44:19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have…
Gen 44:19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
Ver. 19. Have yea father?] This we read not of till now, as we do of all the rest, in the next following verses.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain My lord asked his servants,.... The first time they…
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, Gen 42:11.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. My lord asked] Cf. Gen_43:7.
19. My lord asked] Cf. Gen_43:7.
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