Gen.42.38

Genesis 42:38

KJV

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.

Joseph’s Brothers Return to Canaan

Simeon Is Held Hostage

Cross References

Genesis 37:33

KJV

And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

Jacob Mourns Joseph

Genesis 37:34

KJV

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Jacob Mourns Joseph

Genesis 37:35

KJV

And 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.

Jacob Mourns Joseph

Genesis 42:4

KJV

But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

Joseph’s Brothers Sent to Egypt

Genesis 42:13

KJV

And 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.

Joseph’s Brothers Sent to Egypt

Genesis 42:37

KJV

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.

Joseph’s Brothers Return to Canaan

Simeon Is Held Hostage

Genesis 44:20

KJV

And 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.

Judah Pleads for Benjamin

Genesis 44:27

KJV

And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

Judah Pleads for Benjamin

Genesis 44:28

KJV

And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:

Judah Pleads for Benjamin

Genesis 44:29

KJV

And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Judah Pleads for Benjamin

Genesis 44:31

KJV

It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.