Genesis 42:32 meaning and explanation
We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’
Genesis 42:32, Berean Standard Bible
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These are the words of ten brothers answering Joseph, whom they do not recognize as the Egyptian official accusing them of spying. They are describing their family honestly but incompletely: they say one brother is no more, not knowing he stands before them, and they mention Benjamin, still home with Jacob.
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