Genesis 44:34

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the grief that would overwhelm my father.’

Cross References

Esther 8:6

For how could I bear to see the disaster that would come on my people?  How could I bear to see the destruction of my relatives? ’

Job 31:29

Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress, or become excited when trouble came his way?

2 Chronicles 34:28

“I will indeed gather you to your ancestors, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster that I am bringing on this place and on its inhabitants.” ’ Then they reported to the king.

Exodus 18:8

Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships that confronted them on the way, and how the Lord rescued them.

Genesis 44:33

Now please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave, in place of the boy. Let him go back with his brothers.

Genesis 45:1

Joseph could no longer keep his composure in front of all his attendants,  so he called out, ‘Send everyone away from me! ’ No one was with him when he revealed his identity to his brothers.