Genesis 44:28

Easy To Read Version

I let one son go away, and he was killed by a wild animal. And I haven’t seen him since.

Cross References

Genesis 37:31

The brothers killed a goat and put the goat’s blood on Joseph’s beautiful coat.

Genesis 37:33

The father saw the coat and knew that it was Joseph’s. The father said, “Yes, that is his! Maybe some wild animal has killed him. My son Joseph has been eaten by a wild animal!”

Genesis 42:36

Jacob said to them, “Do you want me to lose all of my children? Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin away too!”

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob said, “I will not let Benjamin go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only son left from my wife Rachel. It would kill me if anything happened to him during the trip to Egypt. You would send me to the grave [244] a very sad, old man.”