Genesis 42:38
And he said, My son shall not go down with you,—For, his brother, is dead and, he alone, is left, and as surely as there befall him any mischief by the way wherein ye go, so surely shall ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow unto hades.
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Genesis 30:22Then God remembered Rachel,—and God hearkened unto her, and granted her to bear.
Genesis 37:33So he examined it, and said—The tunic of my son! A cruel beast hath devoured him,—torn in pieces—torn in pieces, is Joseph!
Genesis 42:4but, Benjamin, Joseph’s own brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren,—for he said, Lest there befall him any mischief.
Genesis 43:13Your brother also, take ye,—and arise go again unto the man.
Genesis 44:22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father,—as surely as he leaveth his father, so surely will he, die.
1 Kings 2:6Thou, therefore, must do according to thy wisdom,—but will not let his grey hair go down in peace, to hades.
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 →