KJV King James Version
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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Genesis 42:38
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
WEB World English Bible
He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 42
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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וַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיֵרֵ֥דH3381 · ya.radto go downבְּנִ֖יH1121 · benson: childעִמָּכֶ֑םH5973 · imwithכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforאָחִ֨יוH251 · achbrother: male-siblingמֵ֜תH4191 · mutto dieוְה֧וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itלְבַדּ֣וֹH905 · badalone: poleנִשְׁאָ֗רH7604 · sha.arto remainוּקְרָאָ֤הוּH7122 · qa.rato encounter: meetאָסוֹן֙H611 · a.sonharmבַּדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙H1870 · de.rekhway: conductאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichתֵּֽלְכוּ־H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבָ֔הּH9034 · haherוְהוֹרַדְתֶּ֧םH3381 · ya.radto go downאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שֵׂיבָתִ֛יH7872 · se.vahgreyheadedבְּיָג֖וֹןH3015 · ya.gonsorrowשְׁאֽוֹלָה׃H7585 · she.olhell: Sheol
Cross-references
Genesis 37:35And 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 into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.Genesis 37:33And he knew it, and said, [It is] my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.Genesis 42:4But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.Genesis 42:13And they said, Thy servants [are] twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest [is] this day with our father, and one [is] not.Genesis 35:16-18And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.Psalm 90:10The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.Psalm 71:18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.Ecclesiastes 2:26For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.Genesis 44:20And we said unto 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 loveth him.Genesis 30:22-24And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.Isaiah 46:4And [even] to [your] old age I [am] he; and [even] to hoar hairs will I carry [you]: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver [you].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.1 Kings 2:6Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.Genesis 44:27-34And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two [sons]:Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
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