Genesis 44:27

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

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, 'Buy a little food for us,'

26 then we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother [is] with us, then we shall go down. For we will not be able to see the face of the man unless our youngest brother [is] with us.'

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

28 One went out from me, and I said, "Surely he must have been torn to pieces," and I have never seen him since.

29 And if you take this one also from me, and he encounters harm, you will bring down my gray head in sorrow to Sheol.'