Genesis 42:38

New Century Version

But Jacob said, “I will not allow Benjamin to go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only son left from my wife Rachel. I am afraid something terrible might happen to him during the trip to Egypt. Then I would be sad until the day I die.”

Cross References

Genesis 37:33

Jacob looked it over and said, “It is my son’s robe! Some savage animal has eaten him. My son Joseph has been torn to pieces!”

Genesis 37:34

Then Jacob tore his clothes and put on rough cloth to show that he was upset, and he continued to be sad about his son for a long time.

Genesis 37:35

All of his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he could not be comforted. He said, “I will be sad about my son until the day I die.” So Jacob cried for his son Joseph.

Genesis 42:13

And they said, “We are ten of twelve brothers, sons of the same father, and we live in the land of Canaan. Our youngest brother is there with our father right now, and our other brother is gone.”

Genesis 42:37

Then Reuben said to his father, “You may put my two sons to death if I don’t bring Benjamin back to you. Trust him to my care, and I will bring him back to you.”

Genesis 42:4

But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with them, because he was afraid that something terrible might happen to him.

Genesis 43:13

And take Benjamin with you. Now leave and go to the man.

Genesis 44:20

And we answered you, ‘We have an old father. And we have a younger brother, who was born when our father was old. This youngest son’s brother is dead, so he is the only one of his mother’s children left alive, and our father loves him very much.’

Genesis 44:22

And we said to you, ‘That young boy cannot leave his father, because if he leaves him, his father would die.’

1 Kings 2:6

Punish him in the way you think is wisest, but do not let him die peacefully of old age.

Job 41:32

When it swims, it leaves a shining path in the water that makes the sea look as if it had white hair.

Psalm 71:18

Even though I am old and gray, do not leave me, God. I will tell the children about your power; I will tell those who live after me about your might.

Psalm 90:10

Our lifetime is seventy years or, if we are strong, eighty years. But the years are full of hard work and pain. They pass quickly, and then we are gone.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I looked at everything done on earth and saw that it is all useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

If people please God, God will give them wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But sinners will get only the work of gathering and storing wealth that they will have to give to the ones who please God. So all their work is useless, like chasing the wind.

Isaiah 38:10

I said, “I am in the middle of my life. Do I have to go through the gates of death? Will I have the rest of my life taken away from me?”

Isaiah 46:4

Even when you are old, I will be the same. Even when your hair has turned gray, I will take care of you. I made you and will take care of you. I will carry you and save you.