Genesis 42:32
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.
Genesis 42:32 in other translations
| BSB | We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’ |
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| WEB | We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Canaan.’ |
| ASV | we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. |
| YLT | we are twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one is to-day with our father in the land of Canaan. |
| DARBY | we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. |
| BBE | We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan. |
| Webster | We are twelve brethren, sons of our father: one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. |
What does Genesis 42:32 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 42:29-38
Here is the report Jacob's sons made to their father. It troubled the good man. Even the bundles of money Joseph returned, in kindness, to his father, frightened him. He laid the fault upon his sons; knowing them, he feared they had provoked the Egyptians, and wrongfully brought home their money. Jacob plainly distrusted his sons, remembering that he never saw Joseph since he had been with them. It is bad with a…
Genesis 42:32 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 42:31
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
- Genesis 42:32
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.
- Genesis 42:33
And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
Genesis 42:32 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Somos doce hermanos, hijos de nuestro padre; uno no parece, y el menor está hoy con nuestro padre en la tierra de Canaán. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Nous étions douze frères, fils de notre père: l’un n’est plus, et le plus jeune est aujourd’hui avec notre père au pays de Canaan. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | zwölf Brüder sind wir, Söhne unseres Vaters; der eine ist nicht mehr, und der jüngste ist heute bei unserem Vater im Lande Kanaan. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Duodecim fratres uno patre geniti sumus: unus non est super, minimus cum patre nostro est in terra Chanaan. |