Genesis 44:27

Plain English Version

Then my father said to us, ‘Listen, you know that I really loved my wife Rachel, and we only had 2 sons together.

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob said, “No. I will not let Benjamin go with you mob to Egypt country. You know that I really loved Benjamin’s mother Rachel. We had 2 sons together, Joseph and Benjamin. Now Joseph is dead, and Benjamin is the only one left. If I let him go with you, he might get hurt, or he might die. You know, I am an old man. If you mob take Benjamin to Egypt country, and something bad happens to him, I will be so sad that I will die.”

Genesis 44:26

But we said to him, ‘That man that is in charge of Egypt, he said to us, “You mob can only come back here if you bring your youngest brother with you.” ’ So we said to our father, ‘If you will let our youngest brother go with us to Egypt, then we will go. But if you don’t let him go with us, then we can’t go.’

Genesis 46:19

Jacob and his wife Rachel had 2 sons, – Joseph – Benjamin

Genesis 46:22

All those were the sons and grand-sons that Jacob had with his wife Rachel. There were 14 of them.