Genesis 44:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 44:20 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַנֹּ֨אמֶר֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אֲדֹנִ֔י
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
יֶשׁ
yêsh
H3426
there is
לָ֨נוּ֙
אָ֣ב
ʼâb
H1
father
זָקֵ֔ן
zâqên
H2205
old
וְיֶ֥לֶד
yeled
H3206
child
זְקֻנִ֖ים
zâqun
H2208
old age
קָטָ֑ן
qâṭân
H6996
small
וְאָחִ֨יו
ʼâch
H251
brother
מֵ֜ת
mûwth
H4191
to die
וַיִּוָּתֵ֨ר
yâthar
H3498
to remain
ה֧וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
לְבַדּ֛וֹ
bad
H905
apart
לְאִמּ֖וֹ
ʼêm
H517
mother
וְאָבִ֥יו
ʼâb
H1
father
אֲהֵבֽוֹ
ʼâhab
H157
to love
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.'
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And we said to my lord, ‘We have an aged father and the youngest son of old age. But his brother is dead, so he is left by himself from his mother, and his father loves him.’
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).