18 Bible Verses about Two Sons

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Genesis 10:25

Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg, for during his days the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

Galatians 4:22

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and the other by a free woman.

Genesis 44:27

Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

Genesis 34:25

On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and killed every male.

Genesis 41:50

Two sons were born to Joseph before the years of famine arrived. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest at On, bore them to him.

Genesis 46:27

And Joseph’s sons who were born to him in Egypt: two persons.
All those of Jacob’s household who had come to Egypt: 70 persons.

Genesis 48:5

Your two sons born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt are now mine. Ephraim and Manasseh belong to me just as Reuben and Simeon do.

Genesis 42:37

Then Reuben said to his father, “You can kill my two sons if I don’t bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him to you.”

Acts 7:29

“At this disclosure, Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he fathered two sons.

Exodus 18:3

along with her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (because Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land”)

1 Samuel 2:34

This will be the sign that will come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: both of them will die on the same day.

2 Samuel 14:6

“Your servant had two sons. They were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

Matthew 21:28

“But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘My son, go, work in the vineyard today.’

Luke 15:11

He also said: “A man had two sons.

Matthew 21:31

“Which of the two did his father’s will?”

“The first,” they said.

Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you!

Matthew 20:21

“What do you want?” He asked her.

“Promise,” she said to Him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right and the other on Your left, in Your kingdom.”

Matthew 26:37

Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

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Matthew 21:28-32

"But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'My son, go, work in the vineyard today.' "He answered, 'I don't want to!' Yet later he changed his mind and went. Then the man went to the other and said the same thing. " 'I will, sir,' he answered. But he didn't go. read more.
"Which of the two did his father's will?" "The first," they said. Jesus said to them, "I assure you: Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you! For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him. Tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him, but you, when you saw it, didn't even change your minds then and believe him.

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