Genesis 42:13

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“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.””

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BSBPD

“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.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and they say, `Thy servants <FI>are<Fi> twelve brethren; we <FI>are<Fi> sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one <FI>is<Fi> with our father to-day, and the one is not.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 42:13 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 29:32And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
  2. Genesis 30:6Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.
  3. Genesis 35:16Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
  4. Genesis 37:30returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
  5. Genesis 42:11We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
  6. Genesis 42:32We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’
  7. Genesis 42:36Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
  8. Genesis 42:38But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
  9. Genesis 43:7They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
  10. Genesis 43:29When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
  11. Genesis 44:20And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
  12. Genesis 44:28When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.
  13. Genesis 45:26“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
  14. Genesis 46:8Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
  15. Exodus 1:2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
  16. Numbers 1:1On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
  17. Numbers 10:1Then the LORD said to Moses,
  18. Numbers 26:1After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,
  19. Numbers 34:1Then the LORD said to Moses,
  20. 1 Chronicles 2:1These were the sons of Israel:
  21. Jeremiah 31:15This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
  22. Lamentations 5:7Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
  23. Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
  24. Matthew 2:18“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

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