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Genesis 44:27

Grief

25 Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’

26 But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’

And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

28 When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.

29 Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’

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BSB
And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
KJV
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
WEB
Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
ASV
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
DARBY
And thy servant my father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two [sons];
BLB
And your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You⁺ know that my wife bore to me two [sons].
ÅB
Men din tjener min far sa til - oss: Dere vet at min hustru fødte meg to sønner,
OTB
Din tjener, vår far, bønnfalt oss, ‘Dere vet at min kone fødte meg to sønner.
B1930
Men din tjener min far sa til - oss: I vet at min hustru fødte mig to sønner,

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