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Judah Pleads for Benjamin

Genesis 44:27

In 11 translations

BSB
And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
KJV
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
WEB
Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
ASV
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
LSV
And your servant my father says to us, You have known that my wife bore two to me,
YLT
'And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye — ye have known that two did my wife bare to me,
DBY
And thy servant my father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two [sons];
DRC
Whereunto he answered: You know that my wife bore me two.
GNV
Then thy seruant my father sayde vnto vs, Ye knowe that my wife bare me two sonnes,
JPS
And thy servant my father said unto us: Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;
LXXE
And thy servant our father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֛אמֶר עַבְדְּךָ֥ אָבִ֖י אֵלֵ֑ינוּ אַתֶּ֣ם יְדַעְתֶּ֔ם כִּ֥י שְׁנַ֖יִם יָֽלְדָה־לִּ֥י אִשְׁתִּֽי׃
LXX-Br
Εἶπε δὲ ὁ παῖς σου πατὴρ ἡμῶν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ὑμεῖς γινώσκετε ὅτι δύο ἔτεκέ μοι ἡ γυνὴ,

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◆ Joseph's brothers return to Egypt

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 46:19The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
  • Genesis 30:22–25Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said. She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another…
  • Genesis 35:16–18Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult. During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for…
  • Genesis 29:18–21Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.” Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.” So Jacob served seven years for…
  • Genesis 29:28And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

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