18 ¶ Then Judah drew near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant now speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thy wrath be kindled against thy servant: for thou art even [a]as Pharaoh.

19 My lord asked his servants, saying, (A)Have ye a father, or a brother?

20 And we answered my lord, We have a father that is old, and a young [b]child, which he begat in his age: and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 44:18 Equal in authority or, next unto the king.
  2. Genesis 44:20 Hebrew, child of his old age.

18 Then Judah(A) went up to him and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord,(B) let me speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry(C) with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself. 19 My lord asked his servants,(D) ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’(E) 20 And we answered, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age.(F) His brother is dead,(G) and he is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’(H)

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