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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.

KJV

At ille : Non descendet, inquit, filius meus vobiscum : frater ejus mortuus est, et ipse solus remansit : si quid ei adversi acciderit in terra ad quam pergitis, deducetis canos meos cum dolore ad inferos.

Vulgate

ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Οὐ καταβήσεται ὁ υἱός μου μεθ’ ὑμῶν· ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἀπέθανεν, καὶ αὐτὸς μόνος καταλέλειπται· καὶ συμβήσεται αὐτὸν μαλακισθῆναι ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ᾗ ἂν πορεύεσθε, καὶ κατάξετέ μου τὸ γῆρας μετὰ λύπης εἰς ᾅδου.

LXX

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.

ASV

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

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָס֑וֹן
'svn
noun · 5×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הִשְׁאִֽיר
hsh'yr
verb · 133×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 198×
יָג֖וֹן
ygvn
noun · 14×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
קְרַ֣את
qr't
verb · 37×
שְׁא֣וֹל
sh'vl
verb · 66×
שֵׂיבָֽה
shybh
noun · 19×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 2:9 — Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
  • 1Sam 15:26 — And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
  • Gen 35:16 — And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
  • Gen 37:33 — 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.
  • Gen 37:35 — 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.
  • Gen 37:35 — 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.
  • Gen 42:4 — But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
  • Gen 42:4 — But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
  • Gen 42:13 — 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.
  • Gen 44:20 — 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.
  • 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.