Genesis 42:32

We be twelue brethren, sonnes of our father: one is away, and the youngest is this day with our father in the lande of Chanaan.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

In Context

31And we sayd vnto him: we meane truely, we neuer were spyes.

33And the Lorde of the countrey sayde agayne vnto vs, Hereby shall I know that ye meane truely: leaue one of your brethren here with me, and take [foode] to put away the famine fro your householdes, and get you away.

Read all of Genesis 42

Cross References

Genesis 42:13And they said: we thy seruauntes are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Chanaan, and beholde, the youngest is this day with our father, & one, no man woteth where he is.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:30-38

The Report Made to Jacob. ( b. c. 1706.) 29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 42:32