"And they said, Thy servants {are} twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest …" — Genesis 42:13

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.”

— Genesis 42:13

Verse 12

And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

Verse 14

And Joseph said unto them, That {is it} that I spake unto you, saying, Ye {are} spies:

Genesis 42 — Context

We {are} all one man's sons; we {are} true {men}, thy servants are no spies.

And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

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.

And Joseph said unto them, That {is it} that I spake unto you, saying, Ye {are} spies:

Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

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? {asked...: Heb. asking asked us} {tenor: Heb. mouth} {could...: Heb. knowing could we know}

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 42:11

We {are} all one man's sons; we {are} true {men}, thy servants are no spies.

1 Chronicles 2:1-8

These {are} the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, {Israel: or, Jacob}

Exodus 1:2-5

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,