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  • 新标点和合本 - 我们对我主说：‘我们有父亲，已经年老，还有他老年所生的一个小孩子。他哥哥死了，他母亲只撇下他一人，他父亲疼爱他。’
  • 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我们对我主说：‘我们有父亲，他已经年老，还有他老年所生的一个小儿子。他哥哥死了，他的母亲只剩下他一个孩子，父亲也疼爱他。’
  • 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我们对我主说：‘我们有父亲，他已经年老，还有他老年所生的一个小儿子。他哥哥死了，他的母亲只剩下他一个孩子，父亲也疼爱他。’
  • 当代译本 - 我们对我主说，‘我们有年迈的老父，他在晚年得了一个儿子，这孩子的哥哥已经死了，他母亲只剩下他这一个儿子，他父亲很疼爱他。’
  • 圣经新译本 - 我们曾经回答我主：‘我们还有年老的父亲和最小的弟弟，是他年老时所生的。他的哥哥死了，他母亲只剩下他一个孩子，他父亲非常爱他。’
  • 中文标准译本 - 我们回答我主：‘我们还有年老的父亲和最小的弟弟，他是父亲年老时生的孩子，他的哥哥死了，他是他母亲留下来唯一的孩子，所以父亲很疼爱他。’
  • 现代标点和合本 - 我们对我主说：‘我们有父亲，已经年老，还有他老年所生的一个小孩子。他哥哥死了，他母亲只撇下他一人，他父亲疼爱他。’
  • 和合本（拼音版） - 我们对我主说：‘我们有父亲，已经年老，还有他老年所生的一个小孩子。他哥哥死了，他母亲只撇下他一人，他父亲疼爱他。’
  • New International Version - And we answered, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
  • New International Reader's Version - We answered, ‘We have an old father. A young son was born to him when he was old. His brother is dead. He’s the only one of his mother’s sons left. And his father loves him.’
  • English Standard Version - And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the child of his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’
  • New Living Translation - And we responded, ‘Yes, my lord, we have a father who is an old man, and his youngest son is a child of his old age. His full brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him very much.’
  • Christian Standard Bible - and we answered my lord, ‘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.’
  • New American Standard Bible - And we said to my lord, ‘We have an old father and a little boy born in our father’s old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.’
  • New King James Version - And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, who is young; his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’
  • Amplified Bible - We said to my lord, ‘We have an old father and a young [brother, Benjamin, the] child of his old age. Now his brother [Joseph] is dead, and he alone is left of [the two sons born of] his mother, and his father loves him.’
  • American Standard Version - 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.
  • King James Version - 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.
  • New English Translation - We said to my lord, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
  • World English Bible - We said to 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 loves him.’
  • 新標點和合本 - 我們對我主說：『我們有父親，已經年老，還有他老年所生的一個小孩子。他哥哥死了，他母親只撇下他一人，他父親疼愛他。』
  • 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我們對我主說：『我們有父親，他已經年老，還有他老年所生的一個小兒子。他哥哥死了，他的母親只剩下他一個孩子，父親也疼愛他。』
  • 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我們對我主說：『我們有父親，他已經年老，還有他老年所生的一個小兒子。他哥哥死了，他的母親只剩下他一個孩子，父親也疼愛他。』
  • 當代譯本 - 我們對我主說，『我們有年邁的老父，他在晚年得了一個兒子，這孩子的哥哥已經死了，他母親只剩下他這一個兒子，他父親很疼愛他。』
  • 聖經新譯本 - 我們曾經回答我主：‘我們還有年老的父親和最小的弟弟，是他年老時所生的。他的哥哥死了，他母親只剩下他一個孩子，他父親非常愛他。’
  • 呂振中譯本 - 我們對我主說：「我們有父親，已經年老，還有他老年生的孩子，一個 頂 小的；他哥哥死了，屬他母親的只剩下他一人，他父親又疼愛他。」
  • 中文標準譯本 - 我們回答我主：『我們還有年老的父親和最小的弟弟，他是父親年老時生的孩子，他的哥哥死了，他是他母親留下來唯一的孩子，所以父親很疼愛他。』
  • 現代標點和合本 - 我們對我主說：『我們有父親，已經年老，還有他老年所生的一個小孩子。他哥哥死了，他母親只撇下他一人，他父親疼愛他。』
  • 文理和合譯本 - 我告吾主曰、老父尚在、暮年生季子、其同母之兄亡矣、厥母惟遺此子、父愛之、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 僕告主曰、有、父年老耄耋、生季子、其同母之兄亡矣、其母惟遺此子、父絕愛憐。
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 僕等告我主曰、尚有父、年邁生季子、其同母兄亡矣、惟遺此子、父甚愛之、
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - nosotros le contestamos que teníamos un padre anciano, y un hermano que le nació a nuestro padre en su vejez. Nuestro padre quiere muchísimo a este último porque es el único que le queda de la misma madre, ya que el otro murió.
  • 현대인의 성경 - 그래서 우리가 ‘우리에게는 나이 많은 아버지가 계시고 또 아버지가 노년에 낳은 어린 동생이 있는데 그의 형은 죽었고 그의 어머니가 낳은 아들 중에서 그만 남았으므로 아버지가 그를 무척 사랑합니다’ 하고 대답하였습니다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - И мы ответили: «У нас есть престарелый отец и есть его юный сын, рожденный ему в его старости. Его брат умер, и он остался один из сыновей своей матери, и отец любит его».
  • Восточный перевод - И мы ответили: «У нас есть престарелый отец и есть его юный сын, рождённый ему в старости. Его родной брат умер, и из сыновей своей матери он остался один, поэтому отец особенно любит его».
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И мы ответили: «У нас есть престарелый отец и есть его юный сын, рождённый ему в старости. Его родной брат умер, и из сыновей своей матери он остался один, поэтому отец особенно любит его».
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И мы ответили: «У нас есть престарелый отец и есть его юный сын, рождённый ему в старости. Его родной брат умер, и из сыновей своей матери он остался один, поэтому отец особенно любит его».
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Et nous avons répondu à notre seigneur : « Nous avons un père âgé et un jeune frère qui lui est né dans sa vieillesse et dont le frère est mort, celui-ci est le seul fils qui soit resté de sa mère, et son père l’aime. »
  • リビングバイブル - 私どもは正直に申し上げました。『はい、おかげさまで父は健在です。それから年寄り子の弟がいます。末の弟です。その上にもう一人、母親が同じ弟もいたのですが、ずっと前に死んで、この子だけが残りました。そんなわけで、父はその子を目に入れても痛くないほどかわいがっているのです。』
  • Nova Versão Internacional - E nós respondemos: Temos um pai já idoso, cujo filho caçula nasceu-lhe em sua velhice. O irmão deste já morreu, e ele é o único filho da mesma mãe que restou, e seu pai o ama muito.
  • Hoffnung für alle - Wir antworteten: ›Wir haben einen alten Vater und einen Bruder, der ihm noch im hohen Alter geboren wurde. Er ist der Jüngste von uns. Sein Bruder ist gestorben. Ihre Mutter war die Lieblingsfrau unseres Vaters und hatte nur diese zwei Söhne. Darum liebt unser Vater den Jüngsten besonders!‹
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng tôi thưa là còn cha già và đứa em út ra đời lúc cha đã cao tuổi. Anh nó đã chết. Trong số các con cùng một mẹ, nó là đứa duy nhất còn sống, nên cha cưng nó lắm.
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พวกเราก็ตอบว่า ‘เรามีพ่อผู้ชรา และมีน้องสุดท้องคนหนึ่งซึ่งเกิดมาตอนที่พ่ออายุมากแล้ว พี่ชายของเขาตายไปแล้ว เขาเป็นลูกที่เหลืออยู่เพียงคนเดียวของแม่เขา และพ่อก็รักเขา’
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และ​พวก​เรา​ตอบ​นายท่าน​ว่า ‘เรา​มี​บิดา​ผู้​ชรา​คน​หนึ่ง​กับ​น้อง​ชาย​ผู้​เยาว์​เกิด​ครั้ง​บิดา​มี​อายุ​มาก​แล้ว และ​พี่​ชาย​ของ​เขา​ก็​เสีย​ชีวิต​ไป​แล้ว เขา​ไม่​มี​ใคร​อีก​แล้ว​ที่​เกิด​จาก​มารดา​เดียวกัน บิดา​ของ​เขา​ก็​รัก​เขา​มาก​ด้วย’
Cross Reference
  • Genesis 42:36 - Their father said to them, “You’re taking everything I’ve got! Joseph’s gone, Simeon’s gone, and now you want to take Benjamin. If you have your way, I’ll be left with nothing.”
  • Genesis 44:27 - “Your servant, my father, told us, ‘You know very well that my wife gave me two sons. One turned up missing. I concluded that he’d been ripped to pieces. I’ve never seen him since. If you now go and take this one and something bad happens to him, you’ll put my old gray, grieving head in the grave for sure.’
  • Genesis 44:30 - “And now, can’t you see that if I show up before your servant, my father, without the boy, this son with whom his life is so bound up, the moment he realizes the boy is gone, he’ll die on the spot. He’ll die of grief and we, your servants who are standing here before you, will have killed him. And that’s not all. I got my father to release the boy to show him to you by promising, ‘If I don’t bring him back, I’ll stand condemned before you, Father, all my life.’
  • Genesis 42:13 - They said, “There were twelve of us brothers—sons of the same father in the country of Canaan. The youngest is with our father, and one is no more.”
  • Genesis 37:33 - He recognized it at once. “My son’s coat—a wild animal has eaten him. Joseph torn limb from limb!”
  • Genesis 37:34 - Jacob tore his clothes in grief, dressed in rough burlap, and mourned his son a long, long time. His sons and daughters tried to comfort him but he refused their comfort. “I’ll go to the grave mourning my son.” Oh, how his father wept for him.
  • Genesis 35:18 - With her last breath, for she was now dying, she named him Ben-oni (Son-of-My-Pain), but his father named him Ben-jamin (Son-of-Good-Fortune).
  • Genesis 43:7 - They said, “The man pressed us hard, asking pointed questions about our family: ‘Is your father alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered his questions. How did we know that he’d say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
  • Genesis 43:8 - Judah pushed his father Israel. “Let the boy go; I’ll take charge of him. Let us go and be on our way—if we don’t get going, we’re all going to starve to death—we and you and our children, too! I’ll take full responsibility for his safety; it’s my life on the line for his. If I don’t bring him back safe and sound, I’m the guilty one; I’ll take all the blame. If we had gone ahead in the first place instead of procrastinating like this, we could have been there and back twice over.”
  • Genesis 49:8 - You, Judah, your brothers will praise you: Your fingers on your enemies’ throat, while your brothers honor you. You’re a lion’s cub, Judah, home fresh from the kill, my son. Look at him, crouched like a lion, king of beasts; who dares mess with him? The scepter shall not leave Judah; he’ll keep a firm grip on the command staff Until the ultimate ruler comes and the nations obey him. He’ll tie up his donkey to the grapevine, his purebred prize to a sturdy branch. He will wash his shirt in wine and his cloak in the blood of grapes, His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.
  • Genesis 42:38 - But Jacob refused. “My son will not go down with you. His brother is dead and he is all I have left. If something bad happens to him on the road, you’ll put my gray, sorrowing head in the grave.”
  • Genesis 37:3 - Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons because he was the child of his old age. And he made him an elaborately embroidered coat. When his brothers realized that their father loved him more than them, they grew to hate him—they wouldn’t even speak to him.
Parallel VersesCross Reference
  • 新标点和合本 - 我们对我主说：‘我们有父亲，已经年老，还有他老年所生的一个小孩子。他哥哥死了，他母亲只撇下他一人，他父亲疼爱他。’
  • 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我们对我主说：‘我们有父亲，他已经年老，还有他老年所生的一个小儿子。他哥哥死了，他的母亲只剩下他一个孩子，父亲也疼爱他。’
  • 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我们对我主说：‘我们有父亲，他已经年老，还有他老年所生的一个小儿子。他哥哥死了，他的母亲只剩下他一个孩子，父亲也疼爱他。’
  • 当代译本 - 我们对我主说，‘我们有年迈的老父，他在晚年得了一个儿子，这孩子的哥哥已经死了，他母亲只剩下他这一个儿子，他父亲很疼爱他。’
  • 圣经新译本 - 我们曾经回答我主：‘我们还有年老的父亲和最小的弟弟，是他年老时所生的。他的哥哥死了，他母亲只剩下他一个孩子，他父亲非常爱他。’
  • 中文标准译本 - 我们回答我主：‘我们还有年老的父亲和最小的弟弟，他是父亲年老时生的孩子，他的哥哥死了，他是他母亲留下来唯一的孩子，所以父亲很疼爱他。’
  • 现代标点和合本 - 我们对我主说：‘我们有父亲，已经年老，还有他老年所生的一个小孩子。他哥哥死了，他母亲只撇下他一人，他父亲疼爱他。’
  • 和合本（拼音版） - 我们对我主说：‘我们有父亲，已经年老，还有他老年所生的一个小孩子。他哥哥死了，他母亲只撇下他一人，他父亲疼爱他。’
  • New International Version - And we answered, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
  • New International Reader's Version - We answered, ‘We have an old father. A young son was born to him when he was old. His brother is dead. He’s the only one of his mother’s sons left. And his father loves him.’
  • English Standard Version - And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the child of his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’
  • New Living Translation - And we responded, ‘Yes, my lord, we have a father who is an old man, and his youngest son is a child of his old age. His full brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him very much.’
  • Christian Standard Bible - and we answered my lord, ‘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.’
  • New American Standard Bible - And we said to my lord, ‘We have an old father and a little boy born in our father’s old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.’
  • New King James Version - And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, who is young; his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’
  • Amplified Bible - We said to my lord, ‘We have an old father and a young [brother, Benjamin, the] child of his old age. Now his brother [Joseph] is dead, and he alone is left of [the two sons born of] his mother, and his father loves him.’
  • American Standard Version - 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.
  • King James Version - 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.
  • New English Translation - We said to my lord, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
  • World English Bible - We said to 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 loves him.’
  • 新標點和合本 - 我們對我主說：『我們有父親，已經年老，還有他老年所生的一個小孩子。他哥哥死了，他母親只撇下他一人，他父親疼愛他。』
  • 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我們對我主說：『我們有父親，他已經年老，還有他老年所生的一個小兒子。他哥哥死了，他的母親只剩下他一個孩子，父親也疼愛他。』
  • 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我們對我主說：『我們有父親，他已經年老，還有他老年所生的一個小兒子。他哥哥死了，他的母親只剩下他一個孩子，父親也疼愛他。』
  • 當代譯本 - 我們對我主說，『我們有年邁的老父，他在晚年得了一個兒子，這孩子的哥哥已經死了，他母親只剩下他這一個兒子，他父親很疼愛他。』
  • 聖經新譯本 - 我們曾經回答我主：‘我們還有年老的父親和最小的弟弟，是他年老時所生的。他的哥哥死了，他母親只剩下他一個孩子，他父親非常愛他。’
  • 呂振中譯本 - 我們對我主說：「我們有父親，已經年老，還有他老年生的孩子，一個 頂 小的；他哥哥死了，屬他母親的只剩下他一人，他父親又疼愛他。」
  • 中文標準譯本 - 我們回答我主：『我們還有年老的父親和最小的弟弟，他是父親年老時生的孩子，他的哥哥死了，他是他母親留下來唯一的孩子，所以父親很疼愛他。』
  • 現代標點和合本 - 我們對我主說：『我們有父親，已經年老，還有他老年所生的一個小孩子。他哥哥死了，他母親只撇下他一人，他父親疼愛他。』
  • 文理和合譯本 - 我告吾主曰、老父尚在、暮年生季子、其同母之兄亡矣、厥母惟遺此子、父愛之、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 僕告主曰、有、父年老耄耋、生季子、其同母之兄亡矣、其母惟遺此子、父絕愛憐。
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 僕等告我主曰、尚有父、年邁生季子、其同母兄亡矣、惟遺此子、父甚愛之、
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - nosotros le contestamos que teníamos un padre anciano, y un hermano que le nació a nuestro padre en su vejez. Nuestro padre quiere muchísimo a este último porque es el único que le queda de la misma madre, ya que el otro murió.
  • 현대인의 성경 - 그래서 우리가 ‘우리에게는 나이 많은 아버지가 계시고 또 아버지가 노년에 낳은 어린 동생이 있는데 그의 형은 죽었고 그의 어머니가 낳은 아들 중에서 그만 남았으므로 아버지가 그를 무척 사랑합니다’ 하고 대답하였습니다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - И мы ответили: «У нас есть престарелый отец и есть его юный сын, рожденный ему в его старости. Его брат умер, и он остался один из сыновей своей матери, и отец любит его».
  • Восточный перевод - И мы ответили: «У нас есть престарелый отец и есть его юный сын, рождённый ему в старости. Его родной брат умер, и из сыновей своей матери он остался один, поэтому отец особенно любит его».
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И мы ответили: «У нас есть престарелый отец и есть его юный сын, рождённый ему в старости. Его родной брат умер, и из сыновей своей матери он остался один, поэтому отец особенно любит его».
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И мы ответили: «У нас есть престарелый отец и есть его юный сын, рождённый ему в старости. Его родной брат умер, и из сыновей своей матери он остался один, поэтому отец особенно любит его».
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Et nous avons répondu à notre seigneur : « Nous avons un père âgé et un jeune frère qui lui est né dans sa vieillesse et dont le frère est mort, celui-ci est le seul fils qui soit resté de sa mère, et son père l’aime. »
  • リビングバイブル - 私どもは正直に申し上げました。『はい、おかげさまで父は健在です。それから年寄り子の弟がいます。末の弟です。その上にもう一人、母親が同じ弟もいたのですが、ずっと前に死んで、この子だけが残りました。そんなわけで、父はその子を目に入れても痛くないほどかわいがっているのです。』
  • Nova Versão Internacional - E nós respondemos: Temos um pai já idoso, cujo filho caçula nasceu-lhe em sua velhice. O irmão deste já morreu, e ele é o único filho da mesma mãe que restou, e seu pai o ama muito.
  • Hoffnung für alle - Wir antworteten: ›Wir haben einen alten Vater und einen Bruder, der ihm noch im hohen Alter geboren wurde. Er ist der Jüngste von uns. Sein Bruder ist gestorben. Ihre Mutter war die Lieblingsfrau unseres Vaters und hatte nur diese zwei Söhne. Darum liebt unser Vater den Jüngsten besonders!‹
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng tôi thưa là còn cha già và đứa em út ra đời lúc cha đã cao tuổi. Anh nó đã chết. Trong số các con cùng một mẹ, nó là đứa duy nhất còn sống, nên cha cưng nó lắm.
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พวกเราก็ตอบว่า ‘เรามีพ่อผู้ชรา และมีน้องสุดท้องคนหนึ่งซึ่งเกิดมาตอนที่พ่ออายุมากแล้ว พี่ชายของเขาตายไปแล้ว เขาเป็นลูกที่เหลืออยู่เพียงคนเดียวของแม่เขา และพ่อก็รักเขา’
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และ​พวก​เรา​ตอบ​นายท่าน​ว่า ‘เรา​มี​บิดา​ผู้​ชรา​คน​หนึ่ง​กับ​น้อง​ชาย​ผู้​เยาว์​เกิด​ครั้ง​บิดา​มี​อายุ​มาก​แล้ว และ​พี่​ชาย​ของ​เขา​ก็​เสีย​ชีวิต​ไป​แล้ว เขา​ไม่​มี​ใคร​อีก​แล้ว​ที่​เกิด​จาก​มารดา​เดียวกัน บิดา​ของ​เขา​ก็​รัก​เขา​มาก​ด้วย’
  • Genesis 42:36 - Their father said to them, “You’re taking everything I’ve got! Joseph’s gone, Simeon’s gone, and now you want to take Benjamin. If you have your way, I’ll be left with nothing.”
  • Genesis 44:27 - “Your servant, my father, told us, ‘You know very well that my wife gave me two sons. One turned up missing. I concluded that he’d been ripped to pieces. I’ve never seen him since. If you now go and take this one and something bad happens to him, you’ll put my old gray, grieving head in the grave for sure.’
  • Genesis 44:30 - “And now, can’t you see that if I show up before your servant, my father, without the boy, this son with whom his life is so bound up, the moment he realizes the boy is gone, he’ll die on the spot. He’ll die of grief and we, your servants who are standing here before you, will have killed him. And that’s not all. I got my father to release the boy to show him to you by promising, ‘If I don’t bring him back, I’ll stand condemned before you, Father, all my life.’
  • Genesis 42:13 - They said, “There were twelve of us brothers—sons of the same father in the country of Canaan. The youngest is with our father, and one is no more.”
  • Genesis 37:33 - He recognized it at once. “My son’s coat—a wild animal has eaten him. Joseph torn limb from limb!”
  • Genesis 37:34 - Jacob tore his clothes in grief, dressed in rough burlap, and mourned his son a long, long time. His sons and daughters tried to comfort him but he refused their comfort. “I’ll go to the grave mourning my son.” Oh, how his father wept for him.
  • Genesis 35:18 - With her last breath, for she was now dying, she named him Ben-oni (Son-of-My-Pain), but his father named him Ben-jamin (Son-of-Good-Fortune).
  • Genesis 43:7 - They said, “The man pressed us hard, asking pointed questions about our family: ‘Is your father alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered his questions. How did we know that he’d say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
  • Genesis 43:8 - Judah pushed his father Israel. “Let the boy go; I’ll take charge of him. Let us go and be on our way—if we don’t get going, we’re all going to starve to death—we and you and our children, too! I’ll take full responsibility for his safety; it’s my life on the line for his. If I don’t bring him back safe and sound, I’m the guilty one; I’ll take all the blame. If we had gone ahead in the first place instead of procrastinating like this, we could have been there and back twice over.”
  • Genesis 49:8 - You, Judah, your brothers will praise you: Your fingers on your enemies’ throat, while your brothers honor you. You’re a lion’s cub, Judah, home fresh from the kill, my son. Look at him, crouched like a lion, king of beasts; who dares mess with him? The scepter shall not leave Judah; he’ll keep a firm grip on the command staff Until the ultimate ruler comes and the nations obey him. He’ll tie up his donkey to the grapevine, his purebred prize to a sturdy branch. He will wash his shirt in wine and his cloak in the blood of grapes, His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.
  • Genesis 42:38 - But Jacob refused. “My son will not go down with you. His brother is dead and he is all I have left. If something bad happens to him on the road, you’ll put my gray, sorrowing head in the grave.”
  • Genesis 37:3 - Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons because he was the child of his old age. And he made him an elaborately embroidered coat. When his brothers realized that their father loved him more than them, they grew to hate him—they wouldn’t even speak to him.
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