Cross references

Genesis 42:13

But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”

Genesis 42:13 BSB

Genesis 42:13 has 23 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 37:30 (5 votes) and Genesis 42:32 (4 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Genesis 29 to Acts 7.

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Which verses does Genesis 42:13 point to?

The 20 strongest of 23, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

  2. We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’

  3. And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

  4. They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”

  5. And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.” Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon. …

  6. Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan. And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. …

  7. Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult. During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.” …

  8. We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”

  9. Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”

  10. But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

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

  12. “Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.

Which verses point to Genesis 42:13?

The 10 strongest of 11.