Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
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Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
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And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
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And thy servant my father said unto us: Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to Genesis 44:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 46:19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
- Genesis 30:22-25 God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb. She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” She named him Joseph, saying, “May Yahweh add another son to me.” When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
- Genesis 35:16-18 They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor. When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.” As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
- Genesis 29:18-21 Jacob loved Rachel. He said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.” Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.” Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her. Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.”
- Genesis 29:28 Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Rachel bare to Jacob, Joseph and Benjamin.
Rachel bare to Jacob, Joseph and Benjamin.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He calleth her
He calleth her
my wife, by way of eminency, as Gen 46:19, because she only was his wife by design and choice, whereas Leah was put upon him by fraud, and might have been refused by him, if he had so pleased; and the other two were given to him by Rachel and Leah.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thy servant my father said unto us,.... When…
And thy servant my father said unto us,.... When thus pressed to let Benjamin go with them:
ye know that my wife bare me two sons; Rachel, by whom he had Joseph and Benjamin, and whom he calls his wife, she being his only lawful wife; Leah was imposed upon him, Gen 29:20; and the other two were concubines, Gen 30:4.
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Judah continues his story to Joseph
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said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons. One of them went out from me and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces, and I have not seen him since." Now if you also take this one from me, and harm comes to him, you will bring down my gray hair with sorrow to Sheol.'
This has a two level and three level quotation. They can be stated as indirect quotations. AT: "said to us that we know that his wife, Rachel, bore him only two sons, and that one of them went out and an animal tore him to pieces, and he has not seen him since. Then he said that if we take his other son and something bad happens to him, then we would cause him to die of sorrow." (See: Quotes Within Quotes and Direct and Indirect Quotations)
said to us
Here "us" does not include Joseph. (See: Exclusive and Inclusive "We")
You know
Here "You" is plural and refers to the brothers. (See: Forms of You)
he is torn in pieces
This can be stated in active form. AT: "a wild animal has torn him to pieces" (See: Active or Passive)
harm comes to him
Something bad happening to a person is spoken of as if "harm" were something that travels and comes to a person. (See: Metaphor)
you will bring down my gray hair with sorrow to Sheol
To "bring down ... to Sheol" is way of saying they will cause him to die and go to Sheol. He uses the word "down" because it was commonly believed Sheol is somewhere underground. AT: "then you will cause me, an old man, to die of sorrow" (See: Idiom)
my gray hair
This stands for Jacob and emphasizes his old age. AT: "me, an old man" (See: Synecdoche)
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