Parallel Verses

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

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 our father today, and one is no longer alive.”

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.

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 with our father, and one is no longer living.”

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.

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.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

of one
אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

in the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

of Canaan
כּנען 
K@na`an 
Usage: 93

and, behold, the youngest
קטן קטן 
Qatan 
Usage: 101

is this day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

and one
אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Joseph Sends Nine Of His Brothers Back To Canaan

12 And he will say to them, Nay, to see the naked places of the land ye came. 13 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 14 And Joseph will say to them, This which I spake to you, saying, Ye spying:

Cross References

Genesis 37:30

And he will turn back to his brethren, and he will say, The child is not: and I, where shall I go?

Genesis 42:32

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

Genesis 44:20

And we said to my lord, There is a father to us, an old man, and a child of old age, a little one: and his brother died, and he will be left alone to his mother; and his father loved him.

Genesis 43:7

And they will say, Asking, the man asked about us and about our family, saying, Is your father yet living? is there a brother to you? and we announced to him according to the mouth of these words: Knowing, did we know that he will say, Bring down your brother?

Genesis 29:32-35

And Leah will conceive and will bring forth a son, and she will call his name Reuben: for she said that Jehovah saw my affliction, for now my husband will love me.

Genesis 30:6-24

And Rachel will say, God judged me and also heard my voice, and he will give to me a son; for this she called his name Dan.

Genesis 35:16-26

And they will remove from the House of God; and there will be yet a measure of land to come to Ephrath: and Rachel will bring forth, and she will be hard in bringing forth.

Genesis 42:11

We all one man's sons; we true; we thy servants were not spying.

Genesis 42:36

And Jacob their father will say to them, Me ye bereaved of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin: all these things were against me.

Genesis 42:38

And he will say, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother died, and he alone was left: and harm meeting him in the way in which ye shall go, and ye bring down my old age with grief to hades.

Genesis 44:28

And the one went forth from me and it was said, Surely he was torn in pieces, he was torn in pieces; and I saw him not till now.

Genesis 45:26

And they will announce to him, saying, Joseph is yet living, and that he the ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart will be cold for he believed them not

Genesis 46:8-27

And these the names of the sons of Israel having come to Egypt. Jacob and his sons: the first born of Jacob, Reuben.

Exodus 1:2-5

Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah,

Numbers 1:1-54

And Jehovah will speak to Moses in the desert of Sinai, in the tent of appointment, in one of the second month, in the second year of their coming out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Numbers 10:1-36

And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying,

Numbers 26:1-65

And it will be after the smiting, And Jehovah will say to Moses, and to Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saying,

Numbers 34:1-29

And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying,

1 Chronicles 2:1-8

These the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulon,

Jeremiah 31:15

Thus said Jehovah, A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping of bitterness; Rachel, weeping for her sons, refused to be comforted for her sons, for they are not

Lamentations 5:7

Our fathers sinned, they are not; we bore their iniquities.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, seeing he was deluded by the magi, was very angry, and having sent, destroyed all the children which in Bethlehem, and in all its bounds, from two years and under, according to the time he examined thoroughly of the magi.

Matthew 2:18

A voice was heard in Rama, wailing, and weeping, and much lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, for they are not.

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