Genesis 44:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The one went away from me, and I said, Truly he has come to a violent death; and from that time I have not seen him,

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  • Gen 37:33 : 33 And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.
  • Gen 42:36 : 36 And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.
  • Gen 42:38 : 38 And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.
  • Gen 37:13-14 : 13 And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I. 14 And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

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  • Gen 44:29-34
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    29If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

    30If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,

    31When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.

    32For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

    33So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.

    34For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?

  • Gen 44:26-27
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    26And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us.

    27And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons;

  • Gen 42:36-38
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    36And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.

    37And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.

    38And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

  • Gen 37:29-30
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    29Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,

    30He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?

  • Gen 44:19-23
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    19My lord said to his servants, Have you a father or a brother?

    20And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father.

    21And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

    22And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.

    23But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again.

  • Gen 37:32-35
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    32And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?

    33And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.

    34Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.

    35And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.

  • 32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.

  • 13Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.

  • 18And when I gave a loud cry he went running out without his coat.

  • 2 Sam 14:6-7
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    6And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

    7And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.

  • 36But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.

  • 28You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.

  • 11Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.

  • 14So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

  • 9Who said of his father, Who is he? and of his mother, I have not seen her; he kept himself separate from his brothers and had no knowledge of his children: for they have given ear to your word and kept your agreement.

  • 5And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

  • 16And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?