Genesis 44:27 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 44:27

25 And ^aour father said, ‘Go back and buy us a little food.’

26 But we said, ‘We cannot go down; if our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we may not see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’

27 Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that ^amy wife bore me two sons;

28 and the one went out from me, and I said, ^a“Surely he is torn to pieces”; and I have not seen him since.

29 But if you ^atake this one also from me, and calamity befalls him, you shall bring down my gray hair with sorrow to the grave.’

30 “Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since ^ahis life is bound up in the lad’s life,

31 it will happen, when he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die. So your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

32 For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, ^a‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father forever.’

33 Now therefore, please ^alet your servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.

34 For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me, lest perhaps I see the evil that would¹ come upon my father?”

Verse Comparison: Genesis 44:27

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American Standard Version
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

Amplified® Bible
And your servant my father said to us, You know that [Rachel] my wife bore me two sons:

Contemporary English Version
Sir, our father then reminded us that his favorite wife had given birth to two sons.

Darby English Version
And thy servant my father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two [sons];

Good News Bible
Our father said to us, 'You know that my wife Rachel bore me only two sons.

King James Version
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

New American Standard Bible
"Your servant my father said to us, `You know that my wife bore me two sons;

New International Version
"Your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons.

New King James Version
Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons;

Revised Standard Version
Then your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons;

Young's Literal Translation
`And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye -- ye have known that two did my wife bare to me,

New English Translation
“Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.¹

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