20 And we answered my lord, We have a father that is old, and a young [a]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.

21 Now thou saidest unto thy servants, Bring him unto me, that I may [b]set mine eye upon him.

22 And we answered my lord, The child cannot depart his father: for if he leave his father, his father would die.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 44:20 Hebrew, child of his old age.
  2. Genesis 44:21 Or, that I may see him.

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