Genesis 44:24
22 So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
23 But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
25 Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’
26 But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
- KJV
- And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
- WEB
- When we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
- ASV
- And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass when we came up to thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
- BLB
- And it came to pass when we went up to your servant, my father, that we told to him the words of my lord.
- ÅB
- Da vi så kom hjem til din tjener min far, fortalte vi ham hva min herre hadde sagt
- OTB
- Da vi vendte tilbake til din tjener, vår far, fortalte vi hva min herre hadde sagt.
- B1930
- Da vi så kom hjem til din tjener min far, fortalte vi ham hvad min herre hadde sagt
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 42:29–34
When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:
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