Genesis - 44:27

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27 Your servant, my father, said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons:

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 44:27.

Differing Translations

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And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
Whereunto he answered: You know that my wife bore two.
And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons;
To which he responded: 'You know that my wife conceived twice by me.
Tune dixit servus tuus pater meus nobis, Vos nostis quod duos peperit mihi uxor mea.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my (f) wife bare me two [sons]:
(f) Rachel bore to Jacob, Joseph and Benjamin.

And thy servant my father said unto us,.... When thus pressed to let Benjamin go with them:
ye know that my wife bare me two sons; Rachel, by whom he had Joseph and Benjamin, and whom he calls his wife, she being his only lawful wife; Leah was imposed upon him, Genesis 29:20; and the other two were concubines, Genesis 30:4.

"That my wife bore to me two (sons):" Jacob regards Rachel alone as his actual wife (cf. Genesis 46:19).

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