All his sons got up along with all his daughters to console him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” So his father kept weeping for him.
Genesis 44:29 - Tree of Life Version And if you also take this one away from before me and an accident happens to him, then you’ll bring my grey hair down to the evil of Sheol.’ 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 got up along with all his daughters to console him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” So his father kept weeping for him.
Then their father Jacob said to them, “You’ve made me childless! Joseph is no more. Now Simeon is gone, and next you’ll take Benjamin! Everything is against me!”
But he said, “My son will not go down with you—for his brother is dead and he alone remains. And if harm should happen to him along the way you’re going, you’ll bring my grey hair down to Sheol in grief.”
But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob did not send, for he said, “An accident might happen to him.”
May El Shaddai grant you mercy before the man, so that he may release your other brother to you, along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
when he sees that the boy is no more, he’ll die. Then your servants will bring the grey hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in grief.
Then My anger will flare against them on that day, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them. So they will be devoured, and many evils and troubles will come on them. They will say on that day, ‘Isn’t it because our God is not among us that these evils have come on us?’