Genesis 42:13

New Living Translation

“Sir,” they said, “there are actually twelve of us. We, your servants, are all brothers, sons of a man living in the land of Canaan. Our youngest brother is back there with our father right now, and one of our brothers is no longer with us.”

Cross References

Genesis 37:30

Then he went back to his brothers and lamented, “The boy is gone! What will I do now?”

Genesis 42:11

We are all brothers—members of the same family. We are honest men, sir! We are not spies!”

Genesis 42:12

“Yes, you are!” Joseph insisted. “You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become.”

Genesis 42:14

But Joseph insisted, “As I said, you are spies!

Genesis 42:32

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.’

Genesis 42:36

Jacob exclaimed, “You are robbing me of my children! Joseph is gone! Simeon is gone! And now you want to take Benjamin, too. Everything is going against me!”

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down with you. His brother Joseph is dead, and he is all I have left. If anything should happen to him on your journey, you would send this grieving, white-haired man to his grave.”

Genesis 43:29

Then Joseph looked at his brother Benjamin, the son of his own mother. “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Joseph asked. “May God be gracious to you, my son.”

Genesis 43:7

“The man kept asking us questions about our family,” they replied. “He asked, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered his questions. How could we know he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”

Genesis 44:20

And we responded, ‘Yes, my lord, we have a father who is an old man, and his youngest son is a child of his old age. His full brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him very much.’

Genesis 44:28

and one of them went away and never returned. Doubtless he was torn to pieces by some wild animal. I have never seen him since.

Genesis 45:26

“Joseph is still alive!” they told him. “And he is governor of all the land of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned at the news—he couldn’t believe it.

Jeremiah 31:15

This is what the Lord says: “A cry is heard in Ramah— deep anguish and bitter weeping. Rachel weeps for her children, refusing to be comforted— for her children are gone.”

Lamentations 5:7

Our ancestors sinned, but they have died— and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!

Matthew 2:16

Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance.

Matthew 2:18

“A cry was heard in Ramah— weeping and great mourning. Rachel weeps for her children, refusing to be comforted, for they are dead.”