KJV King James Version
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved [of my children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are against me.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 42:36
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved [of my children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are against me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
WEB World English Bible
Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and 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.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 42
33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye [are] true [men]; leave one of your brethren [here] with me, and take [food for] the famine of your households, and be gone:
34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye [are] no spies, but [that] ye [are] true [men: so] will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money [was] in his sack: and when [both] they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved [of my children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are against me.
37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
38 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.
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֲלֵהֶם֙H413 · elto(wards)יַעֲקֹ֣בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobאֲבִיהֶ֔םH1 · avfatherאֹתִ֖יH853 · et[Obj.]שִׁכַּלְתֶּ֑םH7921 · sha.kholbe bereavedיוֹסֵ֤ףH3130 · yo.sephJosephאֵינֶ֙נּוּ֙H369 · a.yinnothingוְשִׁמְע֣וֹןH8095 · shim.onSimeonאֵינֶ֔נּוּH369 · a.yinnothingוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בִּנְיָמִ֣ןH1144 · bin.ya.minBenjaminתִּקָּ֔חוּH3947 · la.qachto take: takeעָלַ֖יH5921 · aluponהָי֥וּH1961 · ha.yahto beכֻלָּֽנָה׃H3605 · kolall
Cross-references
Genesis 43:14And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved [of my children], I am bereaved.Romans 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?Isaiah 38:10I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.Isaiah 27:9By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this [is] all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.Isaiah 41:13-14For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.Job 7:7O remember that my life [is] wind: mine eye shall no more see good.Matthew 14:31And immediately Jesus stretched forth [his] hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?1 Samuel 27:1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.Ecclesiastes 7:8Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: [and] the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit.Isaiah 41:10Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.Genesis 47:12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to [their] families.Genesis 37:20-35Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.Psalm 34:19Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.1 Corinthians 10:13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it].Genesis 45:28And Israel said, [It is] enough; Joseph my son [is] yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.2 Corinthians 4:17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory;James 5:7-11Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
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