Genesis 42:38

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and he saith, `My son doth not go down with you, for his brother `is' dead, and he by himself is left; when mischief hath met him in the way in which ye go, then ye have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to sheol.'

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  • Gen 37:35 : 35 and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, `For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him.
  • Gen 42:4 : 4 and Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, `Lest mischief meet him.'
  • Gen 37:33 : 33 And he discerneth it, and saith, `My son's coat! an evil beast hath devoured him; torn -- torn is Joseph!'
  • Gen 42:13 : 13 and they say, `Thy servants `are' twelve brethren; we `are' sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one `is' with our father to-day, and the one is not.'
  • Gen 35:16-18 : 16 And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a kibrath of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel beareth, and is sharply pained in her bearing; 17 and it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, `Fear not, for this also `is' a son for thee.' 18 And it cometh to pass in the going out of her soul (for she died), that she calleth his name Ben-Oni; and his father called him Benjamin;
  • Gen 30:22-24 : 22 And God remembereth Rachel, and God hearkeneth unto her, and openeth her womb, 23 and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and saith, `God hath gathered up my reproach;' 24 and she calleth his name Joseph, saying, `Jehovah is adding to me another son.'
  • Gen 44:20 : 20 and we say unto my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father hath loved him.
  • Gen 44:27-34 : 27 `And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye -- ye have known that two did my wife bare to me, 28 and the one goeth out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn -- torn! and I have not seen him since; 29 when ye have taken also this from my presence, and mischief hath met him, then ye have brought down my grey hairs with evil to sheol. 30 `And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul), 31 then it hath come to pass when he seeth that the youth is not, that he hath died, and thy servants have brought down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to sheol; 32 for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee -- then I have sinned against my father all the days. 33 `And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren, 34 for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'
  • 1 Kgs 2:6 : 6 and thou hast done according to thy wisdom, and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol.
  • Ps 71:18 : 18 And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.
  • Ps 90:10 : 10 Days of our years, in them `are' seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet `is' their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.
  • Eccl 1:14 : 14 I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit!
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 For to a man who `is' good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.
  • Isa 38:10 : 10 `I -- I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine years.
  • Isa 46:4 : 4 Even to old age I `am' He, and to grey hairs I carry, I made, and I bear, yea, I carry and deliver.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 44:26-34
    9 verses
    84%

    26and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man's face, and our young brother not with us.

    27`And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye -- ye have known that two did my wife bare to me,

    28and the one goeth out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn -- torn! and I have not seen him since;

    29when ye have taken also this from my presence, and mischief hath met him, then ye have brought down my grey hairs with evil to sheol.

    30`And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),

    31then it hath come to pass when he seeth that the youth is not, that he hath died, and thy servants have brought down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to sheol;

    32for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee -- then I have sinned against my father all the days.

    33`And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren,

    34for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'

  • Gen 42:36-37
    2 verses
    84%

    36and Jacob their father saith unto them, `Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin ye take -- against me have been all these.'

    37And Reuben speaketh unto his father, saying, `My two sons thou dost put to death, if I bring him not in unto thee; give him into my hand, and I -- I bring him back unto thee;'

  • Gen 44:22-23
    2 verses
    80%

    22and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;

    23and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face.

  • Gen 37:35
    80%

    35and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, `For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him.

  • Gen 43:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8And Judah saith unto Israel his father, `Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and thou, and our infants.

    9I -- I am surety `for' him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee -- then I have sinned against thee all the days;

  • Gen 37:30
    77%

    30and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, `The lad is not, and I -- whither am I going?'

  • Gen 43:14
    77%

    14and God Almighty give to you mercies before the man, so that he hath sent to you your other brother and Benjamin; and I, when I am bereaved -- I am bereaved.'

  • Gen 42:4
    77%

    4and Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, `Lest mischief meet him.'

  • Gen 44:20
    76%

    20and we say unto my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father hath loved him.

  • Gen 42:32
    75%

    32we `are' twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one `is' to-day with our father in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 46:4
    74%

    4I -- I go down with thee to Egypt, and I -- I also certainly bring thee up, and Joseph doth put his hand on thine eyes.'

  • Gen 37:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;'

    22and Reuben saith unto them, `Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which `is' in the wilderness, and put not forth a hand upon him,' -- in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back unto his father.

  • Gen 50:5
    74%

    5My father caused me to swear, saying, Lo, I am dying; in my burying-place which I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan, there dost thou bury me; and now, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and return;'

  • Gen 43:5
    74%

    5and if thou art not sending -- we do not go down, for the man said unto us, Ye do not see my face without your brother `being' with you.'

  • Gen 42:22
    73%

    22And Reuben answereth them, saying, `Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.'

  • Gen 45:13
    73%

    13and ye have declared to my father all my honour in Egypt, and all that ye have seen, and ye have hasted, and have brought down my father hither.'

  • Gen 42:20
    73%

    20and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.

  • Gen 43:3
    73%

    3And Judah speaketh unto him, saying, `The man protesting protested to us, saying, Ye do not see my face without your brother `being' with you;