He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”
Genesis 42:13 - Y'all Version Bible They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father today, and one is no more.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest is today with our father, and one is not. American Standard Version (1901) And they said, We 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. Common English Bible They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, but one is gone.” Catholic Public Domain Version But they said: "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father; the other is not living." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they said: We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Chanaan. The youngest is with our father, the other is not living. |
He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”
We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”
He said to them, “No, but y’all have come to see the vulnerable parts of our land!”
Joseph said to them, “It is like I told y’all, saying, ‘Y’all are spies!’
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.’
Jacob, their father, said to them, “Y’all have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and y’all want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”
He said, “My son must not go down with y’all; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which y’all go, then y’all will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”
He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this y’all’s youngest brother, of whom y’all spoke to me?” He said, “God be gracious to you, my son.”
They said, “The man questioned-questioned us about ourselves and our relatives, saying, ‘Is y’all’s father still alive? Have y’all another brother?’ We just answered his questions. Could we have known-known that he would say, ‘Bring y’all’s brother down?’”
We said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.’
One went out from me, and I said, “He has been torn-torn to pieces,” and I haven’t seen him since.
They told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” His heart fainted, for he didn’t believe them.
YHWH says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”
When Herod saw that the Magi tricked him, he was exceedingly angry and sent orders to kill all male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
“A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.”