Genesis 44:27
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
Genesis 44:27 in other translations
| BSB | And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons. |
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| WEB | Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons. |
| ASV | And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: |
| YLT | ‘And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye--ye have known that two did my wife bare to me, |
| DARBY | And thy servant my father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons; |
| BBE | And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons; |
| Webster | And thy servant my father, said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons: |
What does Genesis 44:27 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 44:16-34
16-34. Judah said, What shall we say?--This address needs no comment--consisting at first of short, broken sentences, as if, under the overwhelming force of the speaker's emotions, his utterance were choked, it becomes more free and copious by the effort of speaking, as he proceeds. Every word finds its way to the heart; and it may well be imagined that Benjamin, who stood there speechless like a victim about to be…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 44:18-34
Had Joseph been, as Judah supposed him, an utter stranger to the family, he could not but be wrought upon by his powerful reasonings. But neither Jacob nor Benjamin need an intercessor with Joseph; for he himself loved them. Judah's faithful cleaving to Benjamin, now, in his distress, was recompensed long afterwards by the tribe of Benjamin keeping with the tribe of Judah, when the other tribes deserted it. The…
Genesis 44:27 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 44:27
- Genesis 46:19
The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
- Genesis 35:16-18
And they journeyed from Beth–el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben–oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
- Genesis 30:22-25
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son. And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
- Genesis 29:28
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
- Genesis 29:18-21
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
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Context
- Genesis 44:26
And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.
- Genesis 44:27
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
- Genesis 44:28
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
Genesis 44:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces tu siervo mi padre nos dijo: Vosotros sabéis que dos me parió mi mujer; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ton serviteur, mon père, nous dit: Vous savez que ma femme m’a enfanté deux fils; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und dein Knecht, mein Vater, sprach zu uns: Ihr wisset, daß mein Weib mir zwei geboren hat; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ad quæ ille respondit: Vos scitis quod duos genuerit mihi uxor mea. |