Genesis 44:31

Easy To Read Version

Our father will die if he sees that the boy isn’t with us—and it will be our fault! We will send our father to his grave a very sad man!

Cross References

Genesis 37:35

All of Jacob’s sons and daughters tried to comfort him. But Jacob was never comforted. Jacob said, “I will be sorry for my son until the day I die.” [227] So Jacob continued to be sad for his son Joseph.

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.”

Genesis 44:29

If you take my other son away from me, and something happens to him, then I will be sad enough to die.’

2 Corinthians 7:10

Being sorry like God wants makes a person change his heart and life. This leads a person to salvation, and we cannot be sorry for that. But the kind of sorrow the world has will bring death.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about those people who have died. We don’t want you to be sad like other people—people who have no hope.

1 Samuel 22:22

Then David told Abiathar, “I saw Doeg the Edomite at Nob that day. And I knew he would tell Saul! I am responsible for the death of your father’s family.