Genesis 44:30
“So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.
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- 1 Sam 18:1 : 1 Saul Comes to Fear David When David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life.
- 1 Sam 25:29 : 29 When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the LORD your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!
- 2 Sam 18:33 : 33 (19:1) The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said,“My son, Absalom! My son, my son, Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!”
- Gen 44:17 : 17 But Joseph said,“Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace.”
- Gen 44:31 : 31 When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.
- Gen 44:34 : 34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”
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- Gen 44:31-344 verses90%
31When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.
32Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’
33“So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.
34For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”
- Gen 44:19-2911 verses86%
19My lord asked his servants,‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
20We said to my lord,‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
21“Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’
22We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’
23But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’
24When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25“Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’
26But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’
27“Then your servant my father said to us,‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.
28The first disappeared and I said,“He has surely been torn to pieces.” I have not seen him since.
29If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.’
- Gen 42:36-383 verses79%
36Their father Jacob said to them,“You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me.”
37Then Reuben said to his father,“You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you.”
38But Jacob replied,“My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave.”
- Gen 43:7-93 verses78%
7They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”
8Then Judah said to his father Israel,“Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die– we and you and our little ones.
9I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.
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13that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death.”
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19He said to his father,“My head! My head!” His father told a servant,“Carry him to his mother.”
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17But Joseph said,“Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace.”
- Gen 24:5-62 verses73%
5The servant asked him,“What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
6“Be careful never to take my son back there!” Abraham told him.
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6You know that I’ve worked for your father as hard as I could,
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30returned to his brothers, and said,“The boy isn’t there! And I, where can I go?”
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14May the Sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”
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9If one of us has it, he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves!”
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5‘My father made me swear an oath. He said,“I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”
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8Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!
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41You will be free from your oath if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.’
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11Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn’t kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life.
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13But Jacob said to him,“My lord knows that the children are young, and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die.
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7They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
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8But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, you will be free from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!”
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20But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.
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45Stay there until your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I’ll send someone to bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
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5So he said to his servants,“You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go up there. We will worship and then return to you.”
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3But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
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29“You know how I have worked for you,” Jacob replied,“and how well your livestock have fared under my care.
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8You must be loyal to your servant, for you have made a covenant with your servant in the LORD’s name. If I am guilty, you yourself kill me! Why bother taking me to your father?”