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Genesis 44:31

Parents and childrenGrief

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.

30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

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.

32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

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BSB
sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
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.
WEB
it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol.
ASV
it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not [with us], that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.
DARBY
it will come to pass when he sees that the lad is not [there], that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.
BLB
and it will come to pass when he sees that the boy [is] no more, then he will die. And your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant, our father, in sorrow to Sheol.
ÅB
så blir det hans død med det samme han ser at gutten ikke er med, og vi må sende din tjener vår fars grå hår med sorg ned i dødsriket.
OTB
ser at gutten ikke er med oss, vil han dø. Dine tjenere vil bringe vår fars grå hode ned i graven i sorg.
B1930
så blir det hans død med det samme han ser at gutten ikke er med, og vi må sende din tjener vår fars grå hår med sorg ned i dødsriket.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 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.

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  • Genesis 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.

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  • 1 Samuel 4:17–18

    And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 4:13

    But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

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  • 1 Samuel 22:22

    And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house.

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  • Genesis 37:26–27

    And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

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  • 2 Corinthians 7:10

    For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

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