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Genesis 42:38

But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

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ASV

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.

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.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
יֵרֵ֥דye.Redhe will go downH3381 →
בְּנִ֖יbe.Nison myH1121 →
עִמָּכֶ֑ם'i.ma.Khemwith youH5973 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
אָחִ֨יו'a.Chivbrother hisH251 →
מֵ֜תmethe has diedH4191 →
וְה֧וּאve.Hu'and heH1931 →
לְבַדּ֣וֹle.va.Doto only himH905 →
נִשְׁאָ֗רnish.'Ar[is] remainingH7604 →
וּקְרָאָ֤הוּu.ke.ra.'A.huand it will happen to himH7122 →
אָסוֹן֙'a.sOnharmH611 →
בַּדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ba.De.rekhon the journeyH1870 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
תֵּֽלְכוּ־te.le.khu-you will goH1980 →
בָ֔הּVahon <the> it
וְהוֹרַדְתֶּ֧םve.ho.rad.Temand you will cause to go downH3381 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שֵׂיבָתִ֛יsei.va.Tigray hair myH7872 →
בְּיָג֖וֹןbe.ya.Gonin sorrowH3015 →
שְׁאֽוֹלָה׃she.'o.lahSheol towardsH7585 →

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Genesis 37:35All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.Genesis 44:29Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’Genesis 37:33His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”Genesis 42:4But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”Genesis 42:13But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”Genesis 35:16–18Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.1 Samuel 15:26“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”1 Kings 2:9Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”1 Kings 2:6So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.Isaiah 46:4Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.Psalms 71:18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.Genesis 30:22–24Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,Isaiah 38:10I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Genesis 44:27–34And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.Psalms 90:10The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.Genesis 44:20And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

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