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Genesis 44:27
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Your servant, my father, said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons:
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
Then your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You yourselves know that my wife bore two sons to me.
"Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.
"Your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife [Rachel] bore me [only] two sons.
"Then your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons;
Then thy seruant my father sayde vnto vs, Ye knowe that my wife bare me two sonnes,
And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons;
Sir, our father then reminded us that his favorite wife had given birth to two sons.
Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons:
And thy servant my father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two [sons];
Then my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife Rachel gave me two sons.
Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
Then your servant our father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons;
Our father said to us, ‘You know that my wife Rachel bore me only two sons.
Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
And your servant, my father, said to us, You know that my wife bore two to me.
Then sayde thy seruaunt my father vnto vs: Ye knowe that my wife bare me two sonnes,
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons;
And thy seruaunt our father sayd vnto vs: ye knowe that my wyfe bare me two sonnes.
And thy servant my father said unto us: Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;
And thy seruant my father said vnto vs, Ye know that my wife bare me two sonnes.
And thy servant our father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
And your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons.
To whiche thingis the fadir answeride, Ye witen that my wiif childide twei sones to me;
`And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye -- ye have known that two did my wife bare to me,
And your slave my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons:
And thy servant my father, said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two [sons]:
Your servant, my father, said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons:
Then your servant my father said to us, "You know that my wife bore me two sons;
"Then my father said to us, ‘As you know, my wife had two sons,
"Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife gave birth to two of my sons.
Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons;
Then said thy servant my father, unto us, - Ye yourselves, know, that, two, did my wife bear to me,
Whereunto he answered: You know that my wife bore me two.
Then your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons;
"Your servant, my father, told us, ‘You know very well that my wife gave me two sons. One turned up missing. I concluded that he'd been ripped to pieces. I've never seen him since. If you now go and take this one and something bad happens to him, you'll put my old gray, grieving head in the grave for sure.'
"Your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Genesis 29:18-21, Genesis 29:28, Genesis 30:22-25, Genesis 35:16-18, Genesis 46:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 29:30 - he loved Genesis 35:18 - Benjamin Genesis 42:4 - Lest Genesis 42:38 - his brother Genesis 44:20 - he alone
Cross-References
So Jacob did this, and when he had completed the week with Leah, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as a wife.
Judah said, "Master, what can we say? And how can we show we are not guilty? God has uncovered our guilt, so all of us will be your slaves, not just Benjamin."
Then Judah went to Joseph and said, "Master, please let me speak plainly to you, and please don't be angry with me. I know that you are as powerful as the king of Egypt himself.
Then you said to us, ‘Bring that brother to me. I want to see him.'
And we said to you, ‘That young boy cannot leave his father, because if he leaves him, his father would die.'
"Later, our father said, ‘Go again and buy us a little more food.'
The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And thy servant my father said unto us,.... When thus pressed to let Benjamin go with them:
ye know that my wife bare me two [sons]; Rachel, by whom he had Joseph and Benjamin, and whom he calls his wife, she being his only lawful wife; Leah was imposed upon him, Genesis 29:20; and the other two were concubines, Genesis 30:4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
- The Ten Brothers Were Tested
Joseph has had the satisfaction of seeing his brother Benjamin safe and well. He has heard his brothers acknowledging their guilt concerning himself. He resolves to put their attachment to Benjamin, and the genuineness of their change of disposition, to a test that will at the same time expose Benjamin to no hazard.
Genesis 44:1-5
And my cup. - Besides returning each manâs money as before, a silver cup of Josephâs is put in Benjaminâs bag, after which, when daylight comes, they are dismissed. They are scarcely out of the town when Josephâs steward is ordered to overtake them, and charge them with stealing the cup. âAnd whereby indeed he divineth.â Divining by cups, we learn from this, was a common custom in Egypt (Herodotus ii. 83). It is here mentioned to enhance the value of the cup. Whether Joseph really practised any sort of divination cannot be determined from this passage.
Genesis 44:6-12
The cup is found in Benjaminâs bag. âSpake unto them these words.â The words of Joseph, supplying of course the mention of the cup which is expressed in the text only by the pronoun this. âWe brought back to thee.â Silver that we might have retained, and to which you made no claim when we tendered it, we brought back. How or why should we therefore, steal silver? âNow also according to your words let it be.â He adopts their terms with a mitigation. He with whom the cup is found shall become a slave for life, and the rest be acquitted. The steward searches from the oldest to the youngest. The cup is found where it was put.
Genesis 44:13-17
âThey rent their garments;â the natural token of a sorrow that knows no remedy. âAnd Judah went.â He had pledged himself for the safety of Benjamin to his father. And he was yet there; awaiting no doubt the result which he anticipated. âThey fell before him on the earth.â It is no longer a bending of the head or bowing of the body, but the posture of deepest humiliation. How deeply that early dream penetrated into the stern reality! âWot ye not that such a man as I doth certainly divine?â Joseph keeps up the show of resentment for a little longer, and brings out from Judah the most pathetic plea of its kind that ever was uttered. âThe God,â the great and only God, âhath found out the iniquity of thy servants;â in our dark and treacherous dealing with our brother. âBehold, we are servants to my lord.â He resigns himself and all to perpetual bondage, as the doom of a just God upon their still-remembered crime. âHe shall be my servant; and ye, go up in peace to your father.â Now is the test applied with the nicest adjustment. Now is the moment of agony and suspense to Joseph. Will my brothers prove true? says he within himself. Will Judah prove adequate to the occasion? say we. His pleading with his father augured well.
Verse 18-34
âAnd Judah came near unto him.â He is going to surrender himself as a slave for life, that Benjamin may go home with his brothers, who are permitted to depart. âLet thy servant now speak a word in the ears of my lord.â There is nothing here but respectful calmness of demeanor. âAnd let not thine anger burn against thy servant.â He intuitively feels that the grand vizier is a man of like feelings with himself. He will surmount the distinction of rank, and stand with him on the ground of a common humanity. âFor so art thou as Pharaoh.â Thou hast power to grant or withhold my request. This forms, the exordium of the speech. Then follows the plea. This consists in a simple statement of the facts, which Judah expects to have its native effect upon a rightly-constituted heart. We will not touch this statement, except to explain two or three expressions. A young lad - a comparative youth. âLet me set mine eyes upon himâ - regard him with favor and kindness. âHe shall leave his father and he shall die.â If he were to leave his father, his father would die. Such is the natural interpretation of these words, as the paternal affection is generally stronger than the filial. âAnd now let thy servant now abide instead of the lad a servant to my lord.â Such is the humble and earnest petition of Judah. He calmly and firmly sacrifices home, family, and birthright, rather than see an aged father die of a broken heart.
