Bible verse
Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
Genesis 44:24 · BSB
The verses around it, from Genesis 44.
20 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.’
21 Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’
22 So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
23 But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
24 Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
25 Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’
26 But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’
27 And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
28 When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.
KJV
And it came to pass when we came up unto thy 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.
ERV
And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
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