Genesis 44:24
22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.
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
And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
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