◄ Genesis 44:27 ►
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Good News Translation
Our father said to us, 'You know that my wife Rachel bore me only two sons.

New Revised Standard Version
Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons;

Contemporary English Version
Sir, our father then reminded us that his favorite wife had given birth to two sons.

New American Bible
Then your servant my father said to us, ‘As you know, my wife bore me two sons.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whereunto he answered: You know that my wife bore me two.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Whereunto he answered: You know that my wife bore me two.

Genesis 29:18-21,28 And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter. . . .

Genesis 30:22-25 The Lord also remembering Rachel, heard her, and opened her womb. . . .

Genesis 35:16-18 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 46:19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

Context
Judah Pleads for Benjamin
…26And we said to him: We cannot go: if our youngest brother go down with us, we will set out together: otherwise, without him we dare not see the man's face. 27Whereunto he answered: You know that my wife bore me two.28One went out, and you said: A beast devoured him; and hitherto he appeareth not.…
Cross References
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 44:26
And we said to him: We cannot go: if our youngest brother go down with us, we will set out together: otherwise, without him we dare not see the man's face.

Genesis 46:19
The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

Genesis 44:26
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