Genesis 43:29
Good News Translation
When Joseph saw his brother Benjamin, he said, "So this is your youngest brother, the one you told me about. God bless you, my son."

New Revised Standard Version
Then he looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? God be gracious to you, my son!”

Contemporary English Version
When Joseph looked around and saw his brother Benjamin, he said, "This must be your youngest brother, the one you told me about. God bless you, my son."

New American Bible
Then Joseph looked up and saw Benjamin, his brother, the son of his mother. He asked, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you told me?” Then he said to him, “May God be gracious to you, my son!”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joseph lifting up his eyes, saw Benjamin, his brother by the same mother, and said: Is this your young brother, of whom you told me? And he said: God be gracious to thee, my son.

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And Joseph lifting up his eyes, saw Benjamin, his brother by the same mother, and said: Is this your young brother, of whom you told me? And he said: God be gracious to thee, my son.

mother's son.

Genesis 30:22-24 The Lord also remembering Rachel, heard her, and opened her womb. . . .

Genesis 35:17,18 By reason of her hard labour, she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also. . . .

of whom.

Genesis 42:11,13 We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil. . . .

God.

Genesis 45:8 Not by your counsel was I sent hither, but by the will of God: who hath made me as it were a father to Pharao, and lord of his whole house, and governor in all the land of Egypt.

Joshua 7:19 And Joshua said to Achan: My son, give glory to the Lord God of Israel, and confess, and tell me what thou hast done, hide it not.

2 Chronicles 29:11 My sons, be not negligent: the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, and to minister to him, and to worship him, and to burn incense to him.

Psalm 133:1,2 A gradual canticle of David. Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity: . . .

Matthew 9:2,22 And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee. . . .

Mark 10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus again answering, saith to them: Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God?

1 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, his beloved son in faith. Grace, mercy and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.

Hebrews 13:1 Let the charity of the brotherhood abide in you.

my son.

Numbers 6:25 The Lord shew his face to thee, and have mercy on thee.

Psalm 111:4 He hath made a remembrance of his wonderful works, being a merciful and gracious Lord:

Psalm 112:4 To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: he is merciful, and compassionate and just.

Isaiah 30:19 For the people of Sion shall dwell in Jerusalem: weeping thou shalt not weep, he will surely have pity on thee: at the voice of thy cry, as soon as he shall hear, he will answer thee.

Isaiah 33:2 O Lord, have mercy on us: for we have waited for thee: be thou our arm in the morning, and our salvation in the time of trouble.

Malachi 1:9 And now beseech ye the face of God, that he may have mercy on you, (for by your hand hath this been done,) if by any means he will receive your faces, saith the Lord of hosts.

Context
Joseph's Hospitality to His Brothers
28And they answered: Thy servant our father, is in health; he is yet living. And bowing themselves, they made obeisance to him. 29And Joseph lifting up his eyes, saw Benjamin, his brother by the same mother, and said: Is this your young brother, of whom you told me? And he said: God be gracious to thee, my son.30And he made haste, because his heart was moved upon his brother, and tears gushed out: and going into his chamber, he wept.…
Cross References
Genesis 42:13
But they said: We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Chanaan: the youngest is with our father, the other is not living.

Numbers 6:25
The Lord shew his face to thee, and have mercy on thee.

Psalm 67:1
Unto the end, in hymns, a psalm of a canticle for David. [2] May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us.

Genesis 43:28
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