Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
But they replied, “We, your servants, were 12 brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now
New American Standard Bible
But they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is with
King James Version
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.
International Standard Version
"But your majesty," they pleaded, "your servants include twelve brothers, the sons of a common father back in the land of Canaan. Please! Our youngest brother remains with our father, and the other one is no longer alive."
A Conservative Version
And they said, We thy servants are twelve brothers, 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
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.
Amplified
But they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers [in all], the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; please listen: the youngest is with our father today, and one is no longer alive.”
Bible in Basic English
Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.
Darby Translation
And they said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will say, Thy servants twelve brethren; we the sons of one man in the land of Canaan: and behold, the little one with our father this day, and one, not
King James 2000
And they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then they said, "We, your servants, [are] twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, but behold, the youngest [is] with our father today, and one is no more."
Modern King James verseion
And they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. And behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they said, "We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is yet with our father, and one no man knoweth where he is."
NET Bible
They replied, "Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive."
New Heart English Bible
They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."
The Emphasized Bible
And they said: We, thy twelve servants, are, brethren, sons of one man in the and of Canaan, - and lo! the youngest: is with our father this day, and, the one, is not!
Webster
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.
World English Bible
They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."
Youngs Literal Translation
and they say, 'Thy servants are twelve brethren; we are sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one is with our father to-day, and the one is not.'
Themes
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 42:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph Sends Nine Of His Brothers Back To Canaan
12
“No,” he said to them. “You have come to see the weakness of the land.”
13 But they replied, “We, your servants, were 12 brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 37:30
He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
Genesis 42:32
We were 12 brothers, sons of the same
Genesis 44:20
and we answered my lord, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age.
Genesis 43:7
They answered, “The man kept asking about us and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
Genesis 29:32-35
Leah conceived, gave birth to a son, and named him Reuben,
Genesis 30:6-24
Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; yes, He has heard me and given me a son,” and she named him Dan.
Genesis 35:16-26
They set out from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
Genesis 42:11
“We are all sons of one man. We are honest; your servants are not spies.”
Genesis 42:36
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything happens to me!”
Genesis 42:38
But Jacob answered, “My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left.
Genesis 44:28
One left—I said that he must have been torn to pieces—and I have never seen him again.
Genesis 45:26
They said, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned,
Genesis 46:8-27
These are the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt:
Exodus 1:2-5
Numbers 1:1-54
The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai, on the first day of the second month of the second year
Numbers 10:1-36
The Lord spoke to Moses:
Numbers 26:1-65
After the plague, the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,
Numbers 34:1-29
The Lord spoke to Moses,
1 Chronicles 2:1-8
Reuben, Simeon, Levi,
Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
Jeremiah 31:15
This is what the Lord says:
a lament with bitter weeping—
Rachel weeping for her children,
refusing to be comforted for her children
because they are no more.
Lamentations 5:7
but we bear their punishment.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the male children in and around Bethlehem who were two years
Matthew 2:18
weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children;
and she refused to be consoled,
because they were no more.