Verse 38
Genesis 42:38
Young's Literal Translation
38
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.'
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר לֹֽא יֵרֵ֥ד בְּנִ֖/י עִמָּ/כֶ֑ם כִּֽי אָחִ֨י/ו מֵ֜ת וְ/ה֧וּא לְ/בַדּ֣/וֹ נִשְׁאָ֗ר וּ/קְרָאָ֤/הוּ אָסוֹן֙ בַּ/דֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּֽלְכוּ בָ֔/הּ וְ/הוֹרַדְתֶּ֧ם אֶת שֵׂיבָתִ֛/י בְּ/יָג֖וֹן שְׁאֽוֹלָ/ה
English Translation
And he said, "I will not go down with you; for my brother is dead, and he alone is left, and calamity will overtake you on the way that you go, and you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."
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Chapter 42 Context
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And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, 'Why do you look at each o...
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he saith also, 'Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from t...
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and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,
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and Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, 'Lest mischief m...
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And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the lan...
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and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's...
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And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speake...
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And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him,
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and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, 'Ye [are] spies; to...
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And they say unto him, 'No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;
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we [are] all of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; thy servants have not been spies;'
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and he saith unto them, 'No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'
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and they say, 'Thy servants [are] twelve brethren; we [are] sons of one man in the land of Canaan, a...
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And Joseph saith unto them, 'This [is] that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies,
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by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this -- except by your young brother coming...
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send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be prov...
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and he removeth them unto charge three days.
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And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, 'This do and live; God (Elohim) I fear!
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if ye [are] right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carr...
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and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they d...
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And they say one unto another, 'Verily we [are] guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the di...
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And Reuben answereth them, saying, 'Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye he...
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And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter [is] between them;
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and he turneth round from them, and weepeth, and turneth back unto them, and speaketh unto them, and...
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And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels [with] corn, also to put back the money of each u...
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And they lift up their corn upon their asses, and go from thence,
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and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money...
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and he saith unto his brethren, 'My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:' and their he...
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And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the thi...
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'The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land...
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and we say unto him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies,
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we [are] twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one [is] to-day with our...
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'And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye [are] right men -- one of...
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and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye [are] not spies, but ye [are] right men; yo...
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And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man's silver [is] i...
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and Jacob their father saith unto them, 'Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and...
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And Reuben speaketh unto his father, saying, 'My two sons thou dost put to death, if I bring him not...
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and he saith, 'My son doth not go down with you, for his brother [is] dead, and he by himself is lef...