Genesis 44:27

Then our father said to us, ‘My wife Rachel only had 2 sons.

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In The King James Version

And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

In Context

26We said to him, ‘We can't go back there. The man said that he would not see us if we did not take our youngest brother.’

28I lost the first son. A wild animal ripped him apart and I never saw him again.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:18Jacob loved Rachel and so he said to Laban, “I will work for you for 7 years, if you let me marry your younger daughter Rachel.”

Genesis 30:22God saw how sad Rachel was, and so he answered her prayers. He made a way for her to have a baby.

Genesis 46:19Jacob and Rachel had 2 sons, Joseph and Benjamin.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 44:19-34

Judah's Appeal on Behalf of Benjamin. ( b. c. 1707.) 18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? 20 And we said unto 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 loveth him. 21 And… Read the whole commentary →

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