Genesis 42:13

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Summary

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.

Thy servants

Exodus 1:2

One is not

Matthew 2:16

General references

Genesis 37:30

Genesis 42:3

Bible References

Thy servants

We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies."

So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now."

Then Rachel said, "God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son." That is why she named him Dan.

They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor -- and her labor was hard.

They replied, "The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?' So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down'?"

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt -- Jacob and his sons: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

One is not

Their father Jacob said to them, "You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me."

returned to his brothers, and said, "The boy isn't there! And I, where can I go?"

We said to my lord, 'We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy's brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother's sons left, and his father loves him.'

They told him, "Joseph is still alive and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!" Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.

The Lord says, "A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone."

Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.

When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

General references

returned to his brothers, and said, "The boy isn't there! And I, where can I go?"

So ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.