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20 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; he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’ 21 Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, so that I may set my eyes on him.’ 22 We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

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20 And we answered, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age.(A) His brother is dead,(B) and he is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’(C)

21 “Then you said to your servants,(D) ‘Bring him down to me so I can see him for myself.’(E) 22 And we said to my lord,(F) ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.’(G)

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