Genesis 44:27

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

Genesis 44:27 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 44:27

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 29:20-30 ) ; and the other two were concubines, ( Genesis 30:4 Genesis 30:9 ) .

Genesis 44:27 In-Context

25 But our father said, 'Go again, and buy us some food.'

26 We told him, 'We cannot go down unless our younger brother goes with us. But if our younger brother isn't with us, we cannot see the man.'

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

28 One left-I said that he must have been torn to pieces-and I have never seen him again.

29 If you also take this one from me and anything happens to him, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.'