King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 44:24
“And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.”
Verse in context — Genesis 44
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for [if] he should leave his father, [his father] would die.
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
And our father said, Go again, [and] buy us a little food.
And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother [be] with us.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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