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OET (OET-RV) Then your servant my father told us, ‘You know that my wife gave birth to two sons for me.
OET-LV And_he/it_said servant_your father_my to_us you_all you_all_know if/because_that two_[sons] she_bore to/for_me wife_my.
UHB וַיֹּ֛אמֶר עַבְדְּךָ֥ אָבִ֖י אֵלֵ֑ינוּ אַתֶּ֣ם יְדַעְתֶּ֔ם כִּ֥י שְׁנַ֖יִם יָֽלְדָה־לִּ֥י אִשְׁתִּֽי׃ ‡
(vayyoʼmer ˊaⱱdəkā ʼāⱱiy ʼēlēynū ʼattem yədaˊttem kiy shənayim yālədāh-liy ʼishttiy.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore two sons for me.
UST Then our father said to us, ‘As you know, my wife Rachel and I only had two sons together.
BSB § And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
OEB And your servant, my father, said to us, “You know that my wife bore me two sons;
WEB Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
WMB (Same as above)
NET “Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.
LSV And your servant my father says to us, You have known that my wife bore two to me,
FBV Then my father said to us, ‘You realize that my wife[fn] had two sons for me.
44:27 “My wife”: referring to Rachel. Evidently Jacob considered her as his one true wife.
T4T Our father replied, ‘You know that my wife Rachel gave birth to two sons for me.
LEB Then your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You yourselves know that my wife bore two sons to me.
BBE And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons;
MOF No MOF GEN book available
JPS And thy servant my father said unto us: Ye 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:
DRA Whereunto he answered: You know that my wife bore me two.
YLT 'And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye — ye have known that two did my wife bare to me,
DBY And thy servant my father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two [sons];
RV And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
WBS And thy servant my father, said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons:
KJB-1769 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
(And thy/your servant my father said unto us, Ye/You_all know that my wife bare me two sons: )
KJB-1611 And thy seruant my father said vnto vs, Ye know that my wife bare me two sonnes.
(And thy/your servant my father said unto us, Ye/You_all know that my wife bare me two sons.)
BB And thy seruaunt our father sayd vnto vs: ye knowe that my wyfe bare me two sonnes.
(And thy/your servant our father said unto us: ye/you_all know that my wife bare me two sons.)
GNV Then thy seruant my father sayde vnto vs, Ye knowe that my wife bare me two sonnes,
(Then thy/your servant my father said unto us, Ye/You_all know that my wife bare me two sons, )
CB Then sayde thy seruaunt my father vnto vs: Ye knowe that my wife bare me two sonnes,
(Then said thy/your servant my father unto us: Ye/You_all know that my wife bare me two sons,)
WYC To whiche thingis the fadir answeride, Ye witen that my wiif childide twei sones to me;
(To which things the father answered, Ye/You_all perceive that my wiif childide two sons to me;)
LUT Da sprach dein Knecht, mein Vater, zu uns: Ihr wisset, daß mir mein Weib zween Söhne geboren hat.
(So spoke your Knecht, my Vater, to uns: Ihr wisset, that to_me my woman zween Söhne geboren hat.)
CLV Ad quæ ille respondit: Vos scitis quod duos genuerit mihi uxor mea.
(Ad which ille respondit: Vos scitis that duos genuerit to_me wife my. )
BRN And thy servant our father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;
BrLXX Εἶπε δὲ ὁ παῖς σου πατὴρ ἡμῶν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ὑμεῖς γινώσκετε ὅτι δύο ἔτεκέ μοι ἡ γυνὴ,
(Eipe de ho pais sou pataʸr haʸmōn pros haʸmas, humeis ginōskete hoti duo eteke moi haʸ gunaʸ, )
44:1-34 The brothers appeared to have changed; they had shown remorse over what they had done to Joseph, and they showed integrity in returning the money and in bringing Benjamin. Given a chance to get rid of Rachel’s other son, Benjamin, would they do it?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
וַיֹּ֛אמֶר עַבְדְּךָ֥ אָבִ֖י אֵלֵ֑ינוּ
and=he/it_said servant,your father,my to,us
See how you translated your servant my father in verse 24. Also notice that the pronoun us does not include Joseph here. Some languages use an exclusive pronoun for this. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “Then my father who is your humble servant said to us,” or “Then my father said to us,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
אַתֶּ֣ם יְדַעְתֶּ֔ם כִּ֥י
you_all know that/for/because/then/when
The pronoun “you” is plural here, referring to all the brothers. Alternate translation: “As you all know,”
שְׁנַ֖יִם יָֽלְדָה לִּ֥י אִשְׁתִּֽי
two she/it_gave_birth to/for=me wife,my
Alternate translation: “my wife Rachel bore only two sons for me.”