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Genesis 44:20

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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.

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  1. Genesis 44:18

    Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

  2. Genesis 44:19

    My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?

  3. Genesis 44:21

    And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

  4. Genesis 44:22

    And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

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