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

twelve brethren.

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.

Context
Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan
31And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot. 32We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan.33And he said to us: Hereby shall I know that you are peaceable men: Leave one of your brethren with me, and take ye necessary provision for your houses, and go your ways,…
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.

Genesis 42:31
And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.

Genesis 42:33
And he said to us: Hereby shall I know that you are peaceable men: Leave one of your brethren with me, and take ye necessary provision for your houses, and go your ways,

Lexicon
We
אֲנַ֛חְנוּ (’ă·naḥ·nū)
Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 587: We

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

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

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

of one father.
אָבִ֑ינוּ (’ā·ḇî·nū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

One
הָאֶחָ֣ד (hā·’e·ḥāḏ)
Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

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

and the youngest
וְהַקָּטֹ֥ן (wə·haq·qā·ṭōn)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6996: Small, young, unimportant

is now
הַיּ֛וֹם (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
אָבִ֖ינוּ (’ā·ḇî·nū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

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

of Canaan.’
כְּנָֽעַן׃ (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


Additional Translations
We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’We be twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

We are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is with his father to-day in the land of Chanaan.

we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

we be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

We are twelve brethren, sons of our father: one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.'

we are twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one is to-day with our father in the land of Canaan.
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