18 Bible Verses about Two Sons

Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan.

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

"Then your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife gave me two sons.

In three days, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and went to the unsuspecting city and slaughtered every male.

Two sons were born to Joseph before the famine came. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, was their mother.

Counting the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy.

"Now, as for your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, they will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are.

Then Reuben said to his father, "You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you."

When the man said this, Moses fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

and her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (for Moses had said, "I have been a foreigner in a foreign land"),

This will be a confirming sign for you that will be fulfilled through your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: in a single day they both will die!

Your servant has two sons. When the two of them got into a fight in the field, there was no one present who could intervene. One of them struck the other and killed him.

Now a wife of one of the prophets appealed to Elisha for help, saying, "Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants."

"What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

Then Jesus said, "A man had two sons.

Which of the two did his father's will?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

He said to her, "What do you want?" She replied, "Permit these two sons of mine to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."

He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.