The Meaning of Genesis 42:32 Explained

Genesis 42:32

KJV: We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

YLT: we are twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one is to-day with our father in the land of Canaan.

Darby: we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

ASV: we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

We [be] twelve  brethren,  sons  of our father;  one  [is] not, and the youngest  [is] this day  with our father  in the land  of Canaan. 

What does Genesis 42:32 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 42:18-38 - Simeon Held The Others Sent Home
The behavior of this great Egyptian official-for so the brethren deemed him-must have seemed very hard and tyrannical to the trembling shepherds from the far land of Canaan. They had no idea that he understood what they said, and turned away to weep. But we can read his inner meaning. He must secure their return, so he kept Simeon bound. He wanted to see the beloved Benjamin, and to test their behavior to him, so he threatened that they should not see his face unless their youngest brother accompanied them. He gave to them of his kindly care in the gift of provisions and the return of their money. It was natural that the old father heard their story with failing-heart-"All these things are against me." Nay, in all these things was the life of the Spirit, and in all these things we are more than conquerors. See Romans 8:37.
"Judge not the Lord with feeble sense,
But trust him for His grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face." [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 42

1  Jacob sends his ten sons to buy grain in Egypt
16  They are imprisoned by Joseph as spies
18  They are set at liberty, on condition to bring Benjamin
21  They have remorse for Joseph
24  Simeon is kept for a pledge
25  They return with grain, and their money
29  Their relation to Jacob
36  Jacob refuses to send Benjamin

What do the individual words in Genesis 42:32 mean?

Two [and] ten we [are] brothers sons of our father one [is] no [more] and the youngest this day [is] with our father in the land of Canaan
שְׁנֵים־ עָשָׂ֥ר אֲנַ֛חְנוּ אַחִ֖ים בְּנֵ֣י אָבִ֑ינוּ הָאֶחָ֣ד אֵינֶ֔נּוּ וְהַקָּטֹ֥ן הַיּ֛וֹם אֶת־ אָבִ֖ינוּ בְּאֶ֥רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן

שְׁנֵים־  Two 
Parse: Number, md
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
עָשָׂ֥ר  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
אֲנַ֛חְנוּ  we  [are] 
Parse: Pronoun, first person common plural
Root: אֲנַחְנוּ  
Sense: we (first pers.
אַחִ֖ים  brothers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
בְּנֵ֣י  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָבִ֑ינוּ  of  our  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
הָאֶחָ֣ד  one  [is] 
Parse: Article, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
אֵינֶ֔נּוּ  no  [more] 
Parse: Adverb, third person masculine singular
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
וְהַקָּטֹ֥ן  and  the  youngest 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: קָטָן 
Sense: young, small, insignificant, unimportant.
הַיּ֛וֹם  this  day 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
אֶת־  [is]  with 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
אָבִ֖ינוּ  our  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ  in  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
כְּנָֽעַן  of  Canaan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּנַעַן 
Sense: the 4th son of Ham and the progenitor of the Phoenicians and of the various nations who peopled the seacoast of Palestine.

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