Genesis - 44:19

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19 My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Have you a father, or a brother?'

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 44:19.

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My lord. Thou didst ask thy servants the first time: Have you a father or a brother?
My lord, you questioned your servants before: 'Do you have a father or a brother?'
Dominus meus interrogavit servos suos, dicendo, Numquid est vobis pater vel frater?

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My lord asked his servants,.... The first time they came down to Egypt to buy corn; he puts him in mind of what passed between them at that time:
saying, have ye a father or a brother? which question followed upon their saying that they were the sons of one man, Genesis 42:11.

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