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25 “Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us a little food.’ 26 But we replied, ‘We cannot go down there.[a] If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go,[b] for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’

27 “Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 44:26 tn The direct object is not specified in the Hebrew text, but is implied; “there” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  2. Genesis 44:26 tn Heb “go down.”
  3. Genesis 44:27 tn Heb “that two sons my wife bore to me.”