Genesis 42:32
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 42:32 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 42:32 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaa..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
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.”
— Genesis 42:32 (KJV)
Genesis 42:32 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 42:32
“And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 42:32: twelve, brethren, sons
“And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 42:32: brethren, sons, father
“And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 42:32: father, one, land
“Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 42:32: father, one, land
“And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 42:32: father, one, day
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