Genesis 44:27

27 "Your servant my father said to us, 'You know that ¹my 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 "Our father said, 'Go back, buy us a little food.'

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

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

28 and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces," and I have not seen him since .

29 'If you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.'

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 46:19