Genesis 42:38
But he said, My son shall not go down with you, because his brother is dead, and he only has been left; and suppose it shall come to pass that he is afflicted by the way by which ye go, then ye shall bring down my old age with sorrow to Hades.
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Genesis 30:22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and he opened her womb.
Genesis 37:33And he recognised it, and said, It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast has devoured him; a wild beast has carried off Joseph.
Genesis 42:4But Jacob sent not Benjamin, the brother of Joseph, with his brethren; for he said, Lest, haply, disease befal him.
Genesis 43:13And take your + 43:13 Gr. one.brother; and arise, go down to the man.
Genesis 44:22And we said to my lord, The child will not be able to leave his father; but if he should leave his father, he will die.
1 Kings 2:6Therefore thou shalt deal with him according to thy wisdom, and thou shalt not bring down his grey hairs in peace to + 2:6 Gr. Hades.the grave.
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 →