Genesis 44:27

To which things our father answered, Ye know that my wife childed two sons to me;

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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

26to whom we said, We may not go; (only) if our least brother shall go down with us, we shall go forth together; else, if he is absent, we dare not see the lord’s face. (to whom we said, We cannot go down there; only if our youngest brother shall go down with us, then shall we go forth together; for if he is absent, we shall not be able to see our lord’s face.)

28one went out (from me), and ye said, A beast [hath] devoured him, (or and it was said, A beast hath devoured him), and hitherto he appeareth not;

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Cross References

Genesis 29:18And Jacob loved Rachel, and (so he) said, I shall serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Genesis 30:22Also the Lord had mind on Rachel, and he heard her, and opened her womb. (And the Lord remembered Rachel, and he heard her prayers and pleadings, and opened her womb.)

Genesis 46:19The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife, were 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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