Genesis 44:27

27 Then your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me ¹two 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 And when our father said, 'Go again, buy us a little food,'

26 we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother goes with us, then we will go down. For we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'

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

28 One left me, and I said, Surely he has been torn to pieces, and I have never seen him since.

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

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 46:19