Genesis 42:13
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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.

Thy servants.

Genesis 42:11,32 We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil. . . .

Genesis 29:32-35 And she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Ruben, saying: The Lord saw my affliction: now my husband will love me. . . .

Genesis 30:6-24 And Rachel said: The Lord hath judged for me, and hath heard my voice, giving me a son; and therefore she called his name Dan. . . .

Genesis 35:16-26 And going forth from thence, he came in the spring time to the land which leadeth to Ephrata: wherein when Rachel was in travail, . . .

Genesis 43:7 But they answered: The man asked us in order concerning our kindred: if our father lived: if we had a brother: and we answered him regularly, according to what he demanded: could we know that he would say: Bring hither your brother with you?

Genesis 46:8-27 And these are the names of the children of Israel, that entered into Egypt, he and his children. His firstborn Ruben, . . .

Exodus 1:2-5 Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, . . .

Numbers 1:1-54 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai in the tabernacle of the covenant, the first day of the second month, the second year of their going out of Egypt, saying: . . .

Numbers 10:1-36 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: . . .

Numbers 26:1-65 After the blood of the guilty was shed, the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest: . . .

Numbers 34:1-29 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: . . .

1 Chronicles 2:1-8:40 And these are the sons of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, and Zabulon, . . .

one is not.

Genesis 42:36,38 Their father Jacob said: You have made me to be without children: Joseph is not living, Simeon is kept in bonds, and Benjamin you will take away: all these evils are fallen upon me. . . .

Genesis 37:30 And rending his garments he went to his brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear, and whither shall I go?

Genesis 44:20,28 And we answered thee, my lord: We have a father an old man, and a young boy, that was born in his old age; whose brother by the mother is dead; and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him tenderly. . . .

Genesis 45:26 And they told him, saying: Joseph, thy son, is living; and he is ruler in all the land of Egypt. Which when Jacob heard, he awaked as it were out of a deep sleep, yet did not believe them.

Jeremiah 31:15 Thus saith the Lord: A voice was heard on high of lamentation, of mourning, and weeping, of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted for them, because they are not.

Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.

Matthew 2:16,18 Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry: and sending killed all the menchildren that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. . . .

Context
Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt
12And he answered them: It is otherwise: you are come to consider the unfenced parts of this land. 13But 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.14He saith, This is it that I said: You are spies.…
Cross References
Genesis 37:30
And rending his garments he went to his brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear, and whither shall I go?

Genesis 42:12
And he answered them: It is otherwise: you are come to consider the unfenced parts of this land.

Genesis 42:14
He saith, This is it that I said: You are spies.

Genesis 42:32
We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan.

Genesis 42:38
But he said: My son shall not go down with you: his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go, you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to hell.

Genesis 43:7
But they answered: The man asked us in order concerning our kindred: if our father lived: if we had a brother: and we answered him regularly, according to what he demanded: could we know that he would say: Bring hither your brother with you?

Genesis 43:29
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.

Genesis 44:20
And we answered thee, my lord: We have a father an old man, and a young boy, that was born in his old age; whose brother by the mother is dead; and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him tenderly.

Jeremiah 31:15
Thus saith the Lord: A voice was heard on high of lamentation, of mourning, and weeping, of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted for them, because they are not.

Lexicon
But they answered,
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Your servants
עֲבָדֶ֨יךָ (‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

are twelve
שְׁנֵ֣ים (šə·nêm)
Number - md
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

brothers,
אַחִ֧ים ׀ (’a·ḥîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

the sons
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of one
אֶחָ֖ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

man
אִישׁ־ (’îš-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

in the land
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

of Canaan.
כְּנָ֑עַן (kə·nā·‘an)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan

The youngest
הַקָּטֹ֤ן (haq·qā·ṭōn)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6996: Small, young, unimportant

is now
הַיּ֔וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

with
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

our father,
אָבִ֙ינוּ֙ (’ā·ḇî·nū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

and one
וְהָאֶחָ֖ד (wə·hā·’e·ḥāḏ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

is no more.”
אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ (’ê·nen·nū)
Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle


Additional Translations
But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”And they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, in the land of Chanaan; and, behold, the youngest is with our father to-day, but the other one is not.

And they said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."

and they say, 'Thy servants are twelve brethren; we are sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one is with our father to-day, and the one is not.'
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