38 But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for nhis brother is dead, and he is the only one left. oIf harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, pyou would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”
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Genesis 42:13
And they said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.”
Genesis 42:32
We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.’
Genesis 42:36
And Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me.”
Genesis 37:33
And he identified it and said, “It is my son’s robe. A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.”
Genesis 44:28
One left me, and I said, “Surely he has been torn to pieces,” and I have never seen him since.
Genesis 42:4
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers, for he feared that harm might happen to him.
Genesis 44:29
If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs in evil to Sheol.’
Genesis 37:35
All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.
Genesis 44:31
as soon as he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.
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