Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 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 said to them, No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land. 13 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. 14 And Joseph said to them, That is what I spoke to you, saying, You are spies!



Cross References

Genesis 37:30

And he returned to his brothers and said, The child, he is not. And I, where shall I go?

Genesis 42:32

We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 44:20

And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one. And his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.

Genesis 43:7

And they said, The man asked us strictly of our state and of our kindred, saying, Is your father still alive? Have you yet another brother? And we told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

Genesis 29:32-35

And Leah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Reuben, for she said, Surely Jehovah has looked upon my afflictions. Now therefore my husband will love me.

Genesis 30:6-24

And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. Therefore she called his name Dan.

Genesis 35:16-26

And they moved from Bethel. And there was only a length of land to come to Ephrath. And Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor in her bearing.

Genesis 42:11

We are all one man's sons. We are honest; your servants are not spies.

Genesis 42:36

And Jacob their father said to them, You have bereaved me. Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and you will take Benjamin. All these things are against me.

Genesis 42:38

And he said, My son shall not go down with you. For his brother is dead, and he is left alone. And if mischief should happen to him by the way you go, then you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Genesis 44:28

And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces. And I never saw him since.

Genesis 45:26

And they told him, saying, Joseph is still alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he did not believe them.

Genesis 46:8-27

And these were the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first-born.

Exodus 1:2-5

Reuben; Simeon; Levi; and Judah;

Numbers 1:1-54

And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Numbers 10:1-36

And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying,

Numbers 26:1-65

And it happened after the plague, Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

Numbers 34:1-29

And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying,

1 Chronicles 2:1-8

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

Jeremiah 31:15

So says Jehovah: A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her sons; she refuses to be comforted for her sons, because they are not.

Lamentations 5:7

Our fathers have sinned and are not; we have borne their iniquities.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was greatly enraged. And he sent and killed all the boys in Bethlehem, and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had carefully inquired of the wise men.

Matthew 2:18

"A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not."

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