Genesis 44:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’”
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BSBPD
“My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“My lord hath asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father or brother?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 44:19 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 42:7And 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 food.”
- 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, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
- 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.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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