Genesis 42:13 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.

Thou and Ye

  • thy one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

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Matthew Henry

  • Joseph's treatment of his brethrenJoseph was hard upon his brethren, not from a spirit of revenge, but to bring them to repentance. Not seeing his brother Benjamin, he suspected that they had...

Thompson Chains

  • CanaanSee the chain from Genesis 11:31 · 13 links

Parallel Passages

  • Genesis 37:30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Genesis 37:30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
  • 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 44:20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
  • Genesis 43:7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
  • Genesis 29:32–35 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. …

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  • Canaan(1.) The fourth son of Ham (Gen 10:6). His descendants were under a curse in consequence of the transgression of his father (Gen...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And they said וַיֹּאמְרוּ wayyōʾmĕrû אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • Thy servants עֲבָדֶיךָ ʿăbādêkā עֶבֶד Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
  • twelve שְׁנֵים šĕnêm שְׁנַיִם Number · masculine dual עָשָׂר ʿāśār עָשָׂר Number · masculine singular
  • brethren אַחִים ʾaḥîm אָח Noun · masculine plural
  • the sons אֲנַחְנוּ ʾănaḥnû Pronoun · first person common plural בְּנֵי bĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct
  • of one אֶחָד ʾeḥād אֶחָד Number · masculine singular
  • man אִישׁ ʾîš אִישׁ Noun · masculine singular
  • in the land בְּאֶרֶץ bĕʾereṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with preposition
  • of Canaan כְּנָעַן kĕnāʿan כְּנַעַן Proper name
  • and, behold, the youngest וְהִנֵּה wĕhinnê Demonstrative · with and הַקָּטֹן haqqāṭōn קָטָן Adjective · masculine singular · with the
  • this day הַיּוֹם hayyôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • with our father אֶת ʾet Preposition אָבִינוּ ʾābînû אָב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common plural
  • and one וְהָאֶחָד wĕhāʾeḥād אֶחָד Number · masculine singular · with and, the אֵינֶנּוּ ʾênennû Negative · with suffix: third person masculine singular

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