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Genesis 44:24 KJV
Genesis · chapter 44 · verse 24
And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.Genesis 44:24 · King James Version
Genesis 44:24 in context
22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
23And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
24And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
26And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- servantʻebeda servantH5650 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
- toldnâgadproperly, to frontH5046 →
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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