Genesis 42:38

New American Bible - revised edition

But Jacob replied: “My son shall not go down with you. Now that his brother is dead, he is the only one left. If some disaster should befall him on the journey you must make, you would send my white head down to Sheol in grief.”

Cross References

Genesis 37:33

He recognized it and exclaimed: “My son’s tunic! A wild beast has devoured him! Joseph has been torn to pieces!”

Genesis 37:34

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

Genesis 37:35

Though his sons and daughters tried to console him, he refused all consolation, saying, “No, I will go down mourning to my son in Sheol.” Thus did his father weep for him.

Genesis 42:13

“We your servants,” they said, “are twelve brothers, sons of a certain man in Canaan; but the youngest one is at present with our father, and the other one is no more.”

Genesis 42:37

Then Reuben told his father: “You may kill my own two sons if I do not return him to you! Put him in my care, 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 thought some disaster might befall him.

Genesis 43:13

Take your brother, too, and be off on your way back to the man.

Genesis 44:20

So we said to my lord, ‘We have an aged father, and a younger brother, the child of his old age. This one’s full brother is dead, and since he is the only one by his mother who is left, his father is devoted to him.’

Genesis 44:22

We replied to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father; his father would die if he left him.’

1 Kings 2:6

Act with all the wisdom you possess; do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

Psalm 71:18

Now that I am old and gray, do not forsake me, God, That I may proclaim your might to all generations yet to come, Your power

Psalm 90:10

Seventy is the sum of our years, or eighty, if we are strong; Most of them are toil and sorrow; they pass quickly, and we are gone.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a chase after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases God, he gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the one who displeases, God gives the task of gathering possessions for the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chase after wind.

Isaiah 38:10

In the noontime of life I said, I must depart! To the gates of Sheol I have been consigned for the rest of my years.

Isaiah 46:4

Even to your old age I am he, even when your hair is gray I will carry you; I have done this, and I will lift you up, I will carry you to safety.