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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.

KJV

dixit pater Jacob : Absque liberis me esse fecistis : Joseph non est super, Simeon tenetur in vinculis, et Benjamin auferetis : in me hæc omnia mala reciderunt.

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς Ἰακὼβ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν Ἐμὲ ἠτεκνώσατε· Ἰωσὴφ οὐκ ἔστιν, Συμεὼν οὐκ ἔστιν, καὶ τὸν Βενιαμεὶν λήμψεσθε· ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἐγένετο πάντα ταῦτα.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶם֙ יַעֲקֹ֣ב אֲבִי/הֶ֔ם אֹתִ֖/י שִׁכַּלְתֶּ֑ם יוֹסֵ֤ף אֵינֶ֨/נּוּ֙ וְ/שִׁמְע֣וֹן אֵינֶ֔/נּוּ וְ/אֶת בִּנְיָמִ֣ן תִּקָּ֔חוּ עָלַ֖/י הָי֥וּ כֻלָּֽ/נָה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JacobSimeonJosephBenjaminJacobJosephJosephSimeonJosephSimeon

In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בִנְיָמִ֔ן
bnymn
proper_noun · 167×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְשַׁכָּֽלֶת
mshklt
verb · 24×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שִׁמְע֔וֹן
shm'vn
proper_noun · 44×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 27:1 — And 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
  • Eccl 7:8 — Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
  • Gen 5:24 — And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
  • Gen 43:14 — And 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.
  • Gen 43:14 — And 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.
  • Gen 43:23 — And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
  • Gen 44:29 — And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
  • Isa 27:9 — By 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
  • Isa 38:10 — I 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.
  • Isa 41:10 — Fear 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.
  • Isa 41:13 — For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
  • Jer 31:15 — Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
  • Job 7:7 — O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
  • Lam 5:7 — Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
  • Matt 14:31 — And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
  • Prov 23:5 — Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
  • Ps 39:13 — O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
  • Rom 8:28 — And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
  • Rom 8:31 — What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?