Genesis 42:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁸ But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should come to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ But [Jacob] said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left [of his mother's children]; if harm or accident should befall him on the journey you are to take, you would bring my hoary head down to Sheol (the place of the dead) with grief.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

³⁸ But Jacob said to him, “My son won’t go down with you because his brother’s dead and he’s been left all alone. If anything were to happen to him on the trip you are taking, you would send me—old as I am—to my grave in grief.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ But he said: "My son will not go down with you. His brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any adversity will befall him in the land to which you travel, you would lead my grey hairs down with sorrow to the grave."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁸ But he said: My son shall not go down with you. His brother is dead, and he is left alone: if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to hell.

Genesis 42:38 Cross References

Genesis 37:33

He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A wild animal has devoured him; Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”

Genesis 37:34

Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and all his daughters sought to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father bewailed him.

Genesis 42:13

They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of a certain man in the land of Canaan; the youngest, however, is now with our father, and one is no more.”

Genesis 42:37

Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you.”

Genesis 42:4

But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he feared that harm might come to him.

Genesis 43:13

Take your brother also, and be on your way again to the man;

Genesis 44:20

And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the child of his old age. His brother is dead; he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’

Genesis 44:22

We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

1 Kings 2:6

Act, therefore, according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

Job 41:32

It leaves a shining wake behind it; one would think the deep to be white-haired.

Psalm 71:18

So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to all the generations to come. Your power

Psalm 90:10

The days of our life are seventy years or perhaps eighty, if we are strong; even then their span is only toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun, and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Isaiah 38:10

I said: In the noontide of my days I must depart; I am consigned to the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years.

Isaiah 46:4

even to your old age I am he; even when you turn gray I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.