All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. ‘No,’ he said. ‘I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.’ And his father wept for him.
Genesis 44:29 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If you also take this one from me and anything happens to him, you will bring my grey hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if you take this son also from me, and harm or accident should befall him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow and evil to Sheol (the place of the dead). American Standard Version (1901) and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol. Common English Bible And if you take this one from me too, something terrible will happen to him, and you will send me—old as I am—to my grave in despair.’ Catholic Public Domain Version If you take this one also, and anything happens to him on the way, you will lead my grey hairs down with grief to the grave.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If you take this also, and any thing befall him in the way, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow unto hell. |
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. ‘No,’ he said. ‘I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.’ And his father wept for him.
Their father Jacob said to them, ‘It’s me that you make childless. Joseph is gone, and Simeon is gone. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything happens to me! ’
But Jacob answered, ‘My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my grey hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.’
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he thought, ‘Something might happen to him.’
May God Almighty cause the man to be merciful to you so that he will release your other brother and Benjamin to you. As for me, if I am deprived of my sons, then I am deprived.’
when he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the grey hairs of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide my face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, “Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us? ”