Genesis 44:20
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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.And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
In other translations
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.And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
Hebrew words
וַנֹּאמֶרvanomerand we saidH559אֶל־'el-toH413אֲדֹנִי'adonilord myH113יֶשׁ־yesh-thereH3426לָנוּlanu[belongs] to usאָב'ava fatherH1זָקֵןzakenoldH2205וְיֶלֶדveyeledand a child ofH3206זְקֻנִיםzekunimold age<s>H2208קָטָןkatanyoungH6996וְאָחִיוve'achivand brother hisH251מֵתmethe diedH4191וַיִּוָּתֵרvaiyivaterand he was leftH3498הוּאhu'heH1931לְבַדּוֹlevadoto only himH905לְאִמּוֹle'imoto mother hisH517וְאָבִיוve'avivand father hisH1אֲהֵבוֹ׃'ahevohe loves himH157
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