Genesis 42:38

and he says, “My son does not go down with you, for his brother [is] dead, and he by himself is left; when harm has met him in the way in which you go, then you have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to Sheol.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

In Context

37And Reuben speaks to his father, saying, “You put to death my two sons, if I do not bring him to you; give him into my hand, and I bring him back to you”;

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Cross References

Genesis 30:22And God remembers Rachel, and God listens to her, and opens her womb,

Genesis 37:33And he discerns it and says, “My son’s coat! An evil beast has devoured him; torn—Joseph is torn!”

Genesis 42:4and Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob has not sent with his brothers, for he said, “Lest harm meet him.”

Genesis 43:13And take your brother, and rise, return to the man;

Genesis 44:22and we say to my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he has left his father, then he has died;

1 Kings 2:6and you have done according to your wisdom, and do not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol.

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 →

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