We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.’
Parallel translations
- WEB We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Canaan.’
- KJV 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.
- BSB We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’
- NKJV We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is with our father this day in the land of Canaan.’
- NLT We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One brother is no longer with us, and the youngest is at home with our father in the land of Canaan.’
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Quick answer
They relay that they told the lord of twelve brothers, one gone and the youngest at home. This disclosure is what now endangers Benjamin.
Overview
By naming their family makeup, the brothers had given Joseph the information that fuels his demand for Benjamin. The phrase "one is no more" again voices their unconfessed guilt over Joseph. Their honesty about the family unwittingly draws the youngest son into peril, advancing God's plan to reunite them.
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