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?
Difficult Passages
- How was Christ seen of the twelve when Judas was dead?Matthias, before he was chosen, had to be a witness of the resurrection; so every one of the twelve, as they stood when Paul wrote, had seen the risen Lord.
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. …
- Genesis 30:6–24 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. …
- Genesis 35:16–26 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. …
- Genesis 42:11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
- Genesis 42:36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
- Genesis 42:38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
- 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 45:26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
- Genesis 46:8–27 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. …
- Exodus 1:2–5 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, …
- Numbers 1:1–54 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, …
- Numbers 10:1–36 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, …
- Numbers 26:1–65 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, …
- Numbers 34:1–29 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, …
- 1 Chronicles 2:1–8 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, …
- Jeremiah 31:15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
- Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
- Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
- Matthew 2:18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
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Topics
- Accusation, false Against Joseph’s brethren by Joseph
- Benjamin Taken into Egypt
- Commerce Egyptians
- Deception Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers
- Dissembling Joseph
- Exports Of corn (grain)
- Falsehood Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers
- Hypocrisy Joseph’s deceiving his brothers
- Joseph His father sends down into Egypt to buy corn (grain)
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1745–1635 BC · Joseph
Places
- CanaanRegion · Location well established
- Places in Genesis 42 on a map
Bible Dictionary
- 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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