Genesis 42:32

We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; the one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

Leeser Tanakh

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 said unto him, We are true men; we have never been spies:

33And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brothers here with me, and [the food for] the want of your households take ye and be gone;

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Cross References

Genesis 42:13And they said, We, thy servants, are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.

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 →

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