Genesis 42:38
And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.
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39\43:1\Now the land was in bitter need of food.
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Genesis 30:22Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.
Genesis 37:33And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.
Genesis 42:4But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.
Genesis 43:13\43:14\And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.
Genesis 44:22And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.
1 Kings 2:6So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:30-38
The Report Made to Jacob. ( b. c. 1706.) 29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 32 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. 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that… Read the whole commentary →