We are twelvebrothers,sonsof our father;oneis nolongeralive, and the youngestis with our fathertodayin the landof Canaan.'
He returnedto his brothersand said,"The boyis not [there]; as for me, wheream I to go?"
But they said,"Your servantsare twelvebrothers[in all], the sonsof onemanin the landof Canaan;and behold,the youngestis with our fathertoday,and oneis nolongeralive."
"But we saidto him, 'We are honestmen;we are not spies.
"The man,the lordof the land,saidto us, 'By thisI will knowthat you are honestmen:leaveoneof your brotherswith me and take[grain for] the famineof your households,and go.
Thereis Benjamin,the youngest,rulingthem, The princesof Judah[in] their throng,The princesof Zebulun,the princesof Naphtali.
