Genesis 42:32

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"We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is now with our father in Canaan."'

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  • Gen 42:10-16
    7 verses
    92%

    10But they said to him, 'No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy food.

    11We are all sons of one man. We are honest men; your servants are not spies.'

    12But Joseph insisted, 'No! You have come to see the vulnerability of the land.'

    13And they said, '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 longer alive.'

    14But Joseph said to them, 'It is just as I said: You are spies!

    15This is how you will be tested: By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.'

    16Send one of you to bring your brother; the rest of you will stay in prison. This will test whether your words are true. If not, then by the life of Pharaoh, you are spies.'

  • Gen 42:33-34
    2 verses
    85%

    33'Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, "This is how I will know if you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me and take food for your starving households and go.

    34Bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will release your brother to you, and you may trade in the land."'

  • Gen 42:29-31
    3 verses
    82%

    29When they came to Jacob, their father, in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them.

    30They said, 'The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.'

    31'But we said to him, "We are honest men, not spies.

  • Gen 44:22-28
    7 verses
    81%

    22But we said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves, his father will die.'"

    23But you said to your servants, 'If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.'

    24When we went back to your servant, my father, we told him the words of my lord.

    25Later, our father said, 'Go back and buy us a little more food.'

    26But we said, 'We cannot go down unless our youngest brother is with us. For we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'

    27Then your servant, my father, said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons.'

    28'One of them went away from me, and I said, "Surely he has been torn to pieces," and I have not seen him since.'

  • Gen 44:19-20
    2 verses
    79%

    19My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'"

    20And we answered my lord, 'We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's children, and his father loves him.'"

  • Gen 43:2-8
    7 verses
    78%

    2When they had finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy a little more food for us.”

    3But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

    4If you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.

    5But if you do not send him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

    6Israel said, “Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man that you had another brother?”

    7They replied, “The man kept asking us about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How could we have known he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”

    8Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will get up and go, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.

  • Gen 42:19-21
    3 verses
    76%

    19If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain to relieve the hunger of your households.

    20Then bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified, and you will not die.' And they did so.

    21They said to one another, 'Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw the anguish of his soul when he begged us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.'

  • Gen 42:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2And he said, 'Look, I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.'

    3Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 42:36-38
    3 verses
    75%

    36Their father Jacob said to them, 'You have deprived me of my children! Joseph is gone; Simeon is gone; and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!'

    37Then Reuben said to his father, 'You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him back.'

    38But Jacob said, 'My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm comes to him on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in sorrow.'

  • Gen 37:12
    73%

    12Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.

  • Gen 46:32
    73%

    32The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks, herds, and everything they own.

  • Gen 44:32
    72%

    32For your servant took responsibility for the boy before my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.'

  • Gen 37:27
    72%

    27Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him. After all, he is our brother, our own flesh." His brothers agreed.

  • Gen 44:34
    72%

    34For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I could not bear to see the misery that would come upon my father.

  • Gen 43:22
    72%

    22We have also brought additional silver with us to buy food. We don't know who put our silver in our sacks."

  • Gen 44:8
    72%

    8"Look, we even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?