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Genesis 44:21

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  1. Genesis 44:19

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

  2. Genesis 44:20

    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.

  3. 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.

  4. Genesis 44:23

    And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.