Genesis 44:27
New International Version
“Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

New Living Translation
“Then my father said to us, ‘As you know, my wife had two sons,

English Standard Version
Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

Berean Standard Bible
And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

King James Bible
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

New King James Version
Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons;

New American Standard Bible
Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons;

NASB 1995
“Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons;

NASB 1977
“And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons;

Legacy Standard Bible
And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons;

Amplified Bible
Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife [Rachel] bore me [only] two sons.

Christian Standard Bible
Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

American Standard Version
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And your Servant, our father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife gave to me two sons”:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thy servant our father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;

Contemporary English Version
Sir, our father then reminded us that his favorite wife had given birth to two sons.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whereunto he answered: You know that my wife bore two.

English Revised Version
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Then our father said to us, 'You know that my wife [Rachel] gave me two sons.

Good News Translation
Our father said to us, 'You know that my wife Rachel bore me only two sons.

International Standard Version
"Then your servant, our father, told us, 'You know my wife bore me two sons.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And thy servant my father said unto us: Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;

Literal Standard Version
And your servant my father says to us, You have known that my wife bore two to me,

Majority Standard Bible
And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

New American Bible
Then your servant my father said to us, ‘As you know, my wife bore me two sons.

NET Bible
"Then your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife gave me two sons.

New Revised Standard Version
Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons;

New Heart English Bible
Then your servant my father said to us, �You know that my wife bore me two sons.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thy servant my father, said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons:

World English Bible
Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

Young's Literal Translation
'And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye -- ye have known that two did my wife bare to me,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Judah Pleads for Benjamin
26But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’ 27And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons. 28When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.…

Cross References
Genesis 42:38
But Jacob replied, "My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow."

Genesis 44:26
But we answered, 'We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.'

Genesis 46:19
The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.


Treasury of Scripture

And your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons:

Genesis 29:18-21,28
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter…

Genesis 30:22-25
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb…

Genesis 35:16-18
And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour…

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Genesis 44
1. Joseph's policy to stay his brothers.
6. The silver cup is found in Benjamin's sack.
14. They are brought before Joseph.
18. Judah's humble supplication to Joseph.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And your servant
עַבְדְּךָ֥ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

my father
אָבִ֖י (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1: Father

said
וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to us,
אֵלֵ֑ינוּ (’ê·lê·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

‘You
אַתֶּ֣ם (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

know
יְדַעְתֶּ֔ם (yə·ḏa‘·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 3045: To know

that
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

my wife
אִשְׁתִּֽי׃ (’iš·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

bore
יָֽלְדָה־ (yā·lə·ḏāh-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

me
לִּ֥י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

two sons.
שְׁנַ֖יִם (šə·na·yim)
Number - md
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)


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