Genesis 42:38

But he said, My sonne shall not go downe with you: for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if death come vnto him by the way which ye goe, then ye shall bring my gray head with sorow vnto the graue.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

37Then Reuben answered his father, saying, Slay my two sonnes, if I bring him not to thee againe: deliuer him to mine hand, and I will bring him to thee againe.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:22And God remembred Rahel, and God heard her, and opened her wombe.

Genesis 37:33Then he knewe it and said, It is my sonnes coate: a wicked beast hath deuoured him: Ioseph is surely torne in pieces.

Genesis 42:4But Beniamin Iosephs brother woulde not Iaakob send with his brethren: for he saide, Least death should befall him.

Genesis 43:13Take also your brother and arise, and go againe to the man.

Genesis 44:22And we answered my lord, The childe can not depart from his father: for if he leaue his father, his father would die.

1 Kings 2:6Doe therefore according to thy wisdome, and let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue 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 →

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