Genesis 42:38

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Summary

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.

His brother

Genesis 44:20

If mischief

Genesis 42:4

Genesis 44:29

Bring

General references

Genesis 43:13

Bible References

His brother

And they said, We thy servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. And, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

And God remembered Rachel. And God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat. An evil beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.

And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one. And his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.

If mischief

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob did not send with his brothers, for he said, Lest perhaps harm befall him.

And if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

Bring

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and he said, For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.

And if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and do not let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.

Yea, even when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not, until I have declared thy strength to a generation, thy might to everyone who is to come.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore years, yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it is soon gone, and we fly away.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

For to the man who pleases him [God] gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.

And even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs I will carry [you]. I have made, and I will bear, yea, I will carry, and will deliver.

General references

Also take your brother, and arise, go again to the man.