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Judah Pleads for Benjamin

Genesis 44:19

In 11 translations

BSB
My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
KJV
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
WEB
My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’
ASV
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
LSV
My lord has asked his servants, saying, Do you have a father or brother?
YLT
My lord hath asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father or brother?
DBY
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
DRC
My lord. Thou didst ask thy servants the first time: Have you a father or a brother?
GNV
My Lord asked his seruants, saying, Haue ye a father, or a brother?
JPS
My lord asked his servants, saying: Have ye a father, or a brother?
LXXE
Sir, thou askedst thy servants, saying, Have ye a father or a brother?

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אֲדֹנִ֣י שָׁאַ֔ל אֶת־עֲבָדָ֖יו לֵאמֹ֑ר הֲיֵשׁ־לָכֶ֥ם אָ֖ב אוֹ־אָֽח׃
LXX-Br
Κύριε, σὺ ἠρώτησας τοὺς παῖδάς σου, λέγων, εἰ ἔχετε πατέρα ἢ ἀδελφόν.

Who and where

◆ Joseph's brothers return to Egypt

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 43:7They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say,…
  • Genesis 42:7–10And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy…
  • Genesis 43:29When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”

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