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Genesis 44:20

And 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.

KJV

et nos respondimus tibi domino meo : Est nobis pater senex, et puer parvulus, qui in senectute illius natus est : cujus uterinus frater mortuus est : et ipsum solum habet mater sua, pater vero tenere diligit eum.

Vulgate

καὶ εἴπαμεν τῷ κυρίῳ Ἔστιν ἡμῖν πατὴρ πρεσβύτερος, καὶ παιδίον νεώτερον γήρως αὐτῷ, καὶ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἀπέθανεν, αὐτὸς δὲ μόνος ὑπελείφθη τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ, ὁ δὲ πατὴρ αὐτὸν ἠγάπησεν.

LXX

And 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.

ASV

וַ/נֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל אֲדֹנִ֔/י יֶשׁ לָ֨/נוּ֙ אָ֣ב זָקֵ֔ן וְ/יֶ֥לֶד זְקֻנִ֖ים קָטָ֑ן וְ/אָחִ֨י/ו מֵ֜ת וַ/יִּוָּתֵ֨ר ה֧וּא לְ/בַדּ֛/וֹ לְ/אִמּ֖/וֹ וְ/אָבִ֥י/ו אֲהֵבֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
ו
v
noun · 629×
ו
v
noun · 4×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
וֹ
v
noun · 198×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
י
y
noun · 328×
יְלָדִים֙
yldym
noun · 89×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
נּוֹתָר֙
nvtr
verb · 107×
קָּטֹ֖ן
qtn
adjective · 101×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 29:30 — And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
  • Gen 37:3 — Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
  • Gen 42:13 — And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
  • Gen 42:38 — And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow