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Genesis 44:19 KJV
Genesis · chapter 44 · verse 19
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?Genesis 44:19 · King James Version
Genesis 44:19 in context
17And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
18Then 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.
19My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
20And 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.
21And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- askedshâʼalto inquireH7592 →
- lordʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
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We have here a most ingenious and pathetic speech which Judah made to Joseph on Benjamin's behalf, to obtain his discharge from the sentence passed upon him. Perhaps Judah was a better friend to Benjamin than the rest were, and more solicitous to bring him off;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-34