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Genesis 42:13

But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”

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ASV

And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

KJV

And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559 →
שְׁנֵ֣יםshe.Neim[are] two [plus]H8147 →
עָשָׂר֩'a.SartenH6240 →
עֲבָדֶ֨יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaservants yourH5650 →
אַחִ֧ים׀'a.ChimbrothersH251 →
אֲנַ֛חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuweH587 →
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Neisons ofH1121 →
אִישׁ־'ish-a manH376 →
אֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadoneH259 →
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzin [the] land ofH776 →
כְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anCanaanH3667 →
וְהִנֵּ֨הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009 →
הַקָּטֹ֤ןha.ka.Tonthe young [brother]H6996 →
אֶת־'et-[is] withH854 →
אָבִ֙ינוּ֙'a.Vi.nufather ourH1 →
הַיּ֔וֹםhai.Yomthis dayH3117 →
וְהָאֶחָ֖דve.ha.'e.Chadand the oneH259 →
אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃'ei.Ne.nunot [is] heH369 →

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Genesis 37:30returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”Genesis 44:20And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’Genesis 42:32We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’Genesis 43:27He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”Genesis 43:29When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”Genesis 43:7They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”Exodus 1:2–5Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;Genesis 46:8–27Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.Genesis 42:38But 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.”Numbers 10:1–36Then the LORD said to Moses,Genesis 42:11We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”Genesis 45:26“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.Numbers 1:1–54On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:Matthew 2:18“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”1 Chronicles 2:1–8These were the sons of Israel:Lamentations 5:7Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.Jeremiah 31:15This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”Genesis 35:16–26Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.

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