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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/44.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/44.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />If you take this one from me too and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in misery.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/44.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Now if you take his brother away from me, and any harm comes to him, you will send this grieving, white-haired man to his grave.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/44.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs in evil to Sheol.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/44.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/44.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/44.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But if you take this one also from me, and calamity befalls him, you shall bring down my gray hair with sorrow to the grave.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/44.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you also take this one from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/44.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216If you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/44.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And if you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/44.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />If you take this one also from me and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in evil.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/44.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />If you take this one also from me, and harm <i>or</i> an accident happens to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/44.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you also take this one from me and anything happens to him, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/44.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you also take this one from me and anything happens to him, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.&#8217&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/44.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/44.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and he said, "I am an old man. If you take Benjamin from me, and something happens to him, I will die of a broken heart." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/44.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and if ye take this one also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/44.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If you take this one away from me too and anything happens to him, you'll drive this gray-haired old man to his grave.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/44.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If you take this one from me now and something happens to him, the sorrow you would cause me would kill me, as old as I am.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/44.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If you take this one from me, too, and then something harmful happens to him, then it will be death for me and my sad, gray hair!' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/44.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/44.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/44.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/44.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And if ye take this also from me, and mischief shall befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/44.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/44.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />when you have taken also this from my presence, and harm has met him, then you have brought down my grey hairs with evil to Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/44.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> when ye have taken also this from my presence, and mischief hath met him, then ye have brought down my grey hairs with evil to sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/44.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And took ye this also from my face, and harm befell him, and ye brought down my old age with evil to hades.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/44.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If you take this also, and any thing befall him in the way you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow unto hell. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/44.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/44.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If you take this one away from me too, and a disaster befalls him, you will send my white head down to Sheol in grief.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/44.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If you take this one also from me, and harm comes to him, you will bring down my gray hairs in sorrow to Sheol.’<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/44.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And now you want to take this one also from me, and if misfortune should befall him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/44.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you take also this one from my presence, and should evil come to him, so you will bring down my old age in affliction to Sheol.’<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/44.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/44.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />If then ye take this one also from my presence, and an affliction happen to him by the way, then shall ye bring down my old age with sorrow to the grave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/44-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=11633" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/44.htm">Judah Pleads for Benjamin</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">28</span>When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since. <span class="reftext">29</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: ū·lə·qaḥ·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">Now if you also take</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: zeh (Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this one</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: mê·‘im (Prep-m) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pā·nay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">me</a> <a href="/hebrew/611.htm" title="611: ’ā·sō·wn (N-ms) -- Mischief, evil, harm. Of uncertain derivation; hurt.">and harm</a> <a href="/hebrew/7136.htm" title="7136: wə·qā·rā·hū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms:: 3ms) -- A primitive root; to light upon; causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers.">comes to him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7872.htm" title="7872: śê·ḇā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Hoary head, old age. Feminine of seyb; old age.">you will bring my gray hair</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: wə·hō·w·raḏ·tem (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To come or go down, descend. ">down</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7585.htm" title="7585: šə·’ō·lāh (N-cs:: 3fs) -- Or shol; from sha'al; Hades or the world of the dead, including its accessories and inmates.">to Sheol</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: bə·rā·‘āh (Prep-b:: Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">in sorrow.’</a> </span><span class="reftext">30</span>So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/37-33.htm">Genesis 37:33-35</a></span><br />His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!” / Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days. / All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/42-36.htm">Genesis 42:36</a></span><br />Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/43-14.htm">Genesis 43:14</a></span><br />May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/37-3.htm">Genesis 37:3-4</a></span><br />Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors. / When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/37-23.htm">Genesis 37:23-24</a></span><br />So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing— / and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/37-28.htm">Genesis 37:28</a></span><br />So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/42-13.htm">Genesis 42:13</a></span><br />But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">Genesis 42:38</a></span><br />But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/45-28.htm">Genesis 45:28</a></span><br />“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/46-30.htm">Genesis 46:30</a></span><br />Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/50-15.htm">Genesis 50:15-21</a></span><br />When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.” / So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded, / ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-18.htm">Matthew 2:18</a></span><br />“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/15-30.htm">Luke 15:30</a></span><br />But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-32.htm">John 11:32-35</a></span><br />When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” / When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. / “Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-20.htm">John 16:20-22</a></span><br />Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. / A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. / So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And if you take this also from me, and mischief befall him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.</p><p class="hdg">And if.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/42-36.htm">Genesis 42:36,38</a></b></br> And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved <i>of my children</i>: Joseph <i>is</i> not, and Simeon <i>is</i> not, and ye will take Benjamin <i>away</i>: all these things are against me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/43-14.htm">Genesis 43:14</a></b></br> And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved <i>of my children</i>, I am bereaved.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/88-3.htm">Psalm 88:3,4</a></b></br> For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave… </p><p class="hdg">sorrow.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/44-31.htm">Genesis 44:31</a></b></br> It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad <i>is</i> not <i>with us</i>, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">Genesis 42:38</a></b></br> And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/31-17.htm">Deuteronomy 31:17</a></b></br> Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God <i>is</i> not among us?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">Befall</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-15.htm">Befalls</a> <a href="/genesis/44-5.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">Gray</a> <a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">Grey</a> <a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">Hairs</a> <a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">Happens</a> <a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">Harm</a> <a href="/genesis/43-28.htm">Head</a> <a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">Met</a> <a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">Mischief</a> <a href="/genesis/29-32.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/genesis/41-46.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">Sheol</a> <a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">Underworld</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/49-1.htm">Befall</a> <a href="/job/3-25.htm">Befalls</a> <a href="/genesis/44-34.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/genesis/44-31.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/genesis/44-31.htm">Gray</a> <a href="/genesis/44-31.htm">Grey</a> <a href="/genesis/44-31.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/genesis/44-31.htm">Hairs</a> <a href="/exodus/22-3.htm">Happens</a> <a href="/genesis/48-16.htm">Harm</a> <a href="/genesis/44-31.htm">Head</a> <a href="/exodus/3-18.htm">Met</a> <a href="/exodus/5-19.htm">Mischief</a> <a href="/genesis/44-34.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/genesis/45-1.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/genesis/44-31.htm">Sheol</a> <a href="/genesis/44-31.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/numbers/16-33.htm">Underworld</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 44</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/44-1.htm">Joseph's policy to stay his brothers.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/44-6.htm">The silver cup is found in Benjamin's sack.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/44-14.htm">They are brought before Joseph.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/44-18.htm">Judah's humble supplication to Joseph.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/44.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/44.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Now if you also take this one from me</b><br>This phrase is spoken by Jacob, referring to his son Benjamin. Jacob had already lost Joseph, whom he believed to be dead. The loss of another beloved son would be devastating. This reflects the deep familial bonds and the patriarchal structure of ancient Israelite society, where the father held significant authority and emotional investment in his offspring.<p><b>and harm comes to him</b><br>Jacob expresses his fear for Benjamin's safety. This concern highlights the precariousness of travel and life in the ancient Near East, where dangers such as banditry, wild animals, and political instability were common. It also underscores the protective nature of a father towards his children, a theme prevalent throughout the Bible.<p><b>you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.</b><br>"Gray hair" symbolizes old age and wisdom, but here it also conveys vulnerability and the nearing of life's end. "Sheol" is the Hebrew term for the grave or the abode of the dead, reflecting the ancient Israelite understanding of the afterlife as a shadowy existence. The phrase "in sorrow" emphasizes the depth of Jacob's anticipated grief, connecting to the broader biblical theme of mourning and loss. This expression of despair is echoed in other scriptures, such as Job's laments and David's psalms, illustrating the human experience of suffering and the hope for divine intervention.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob (Israel)</a></b><br>The patriarch of the Israelite tribes, father of Joseph and Benjamin. He is expressing his deep fear and sorrow over potentially losing another son.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/joseph.htm">Joseph</a></b><br>Jacob's son, who was sold into slavery by his brothers and rose to power in Egypt. He is testing his brothers' integrity by holding Benjamin.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/benjamin.htm">Benjamin</a></b><br>The youngest son of Jacob, deeply loved by his father, and the only remaining son of Jacob's beloved wife, Rachel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>One of Jacob's sons, who pleads with Joseph to let Benjamin return to their father, showing a change of heart and responsibility.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sheol.htm">Sheol</a></b><br>In Hebrew thought, the realm of the dead, often depicted as a place of sorrow and separation from the living.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_depth_of_parental_love.htm">The Depth of Parental Love</a></b><br>Jacob's fear of losing Benjamin highlights the profound love and protective instincts of a parent. This can remind us of God's protective love for His children.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The brothers' past actions (selling Joseph) have long-lasting effects, teaching us that sin can have enduring consequences that affect others deeply.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_change.htm">Repentance and Change</a></b><br>Judah's willingness to take responsibility for Benjamin shows a transformation from his earlier actions, illustrating the power of repentance and change.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_god's_plan.htm">Trusting God's Plan</a></b><br>Despite Jacob's fear and sorrow, God's plan is unfolding for the good of his family. This encourages us to trust in God's sovereignty, even in difficult times.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_suffering.htm">The Reality of Suffering</a></b><br>Jacob's reference to Sheol reminds us that suffering and sorrow are part of the human experience, but they can lead us to deeper reliance on God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_44.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 44</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_genesis_44_align_with_earlier_chapters.htm">How do the events in Genesis 44 fit coherently with earlier chapters in Genesis, given the discrepancies in character motivations and the sudden moral tension introduced by Joseph's actions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_psalm_90_10_differ_in_lifespan.htm">Why does Psalm 90:10's typical lifespan differ from earlier biblical accounts of patriarchs living hundreds of years?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_psalm_88_devoid_of_hope.htm">Why does Psalm 88 present unrelenting despair without any expression of hope, seeming to contradict other passages that emphasize God's deliverance (Psalm 88:1-3)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_has_jerusalem_faced_such_sorrow.htm">Why has Jerusalem suffered such great devastation and sorrow?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/44-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So if you take</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְקַחְתֶּ֧ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·qaḥ·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this one</span><br /><span class="heb">זֶ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעִ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘im)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּנַ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(pā·nay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as well</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּם־</span> <span class="translit">(gam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and harm</span><br /><span class="heb">אָס֑וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·sō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_611.htm">Strong's 611: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mischief, evil, harm</span><br /><br /><span class="word">comes to him,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְקָרָ֣הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·qā·rā·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7136.htm">Strong's 7136: </a> </span><span class="str2">To light upon, to bring about, to impose timbers</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will bring my gray hair</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׂיבָתִ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(śê·ḇā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7872.htm">Strong's 7872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hoary head, old age</span><br /><br /><span class="word">down</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֽוֹרַדְתֶּ֧ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hō·w·raḏ·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Sheol</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁאֹֽלָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(šə·’ō·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7585.htm">Strong's 7585: </a> </span><span class="str2">Underworld (place to which people descend at death)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in sorrow.’</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרָעָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rā·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/44-29.htm">Genesis 44:29 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/44-29.htm">Genesis 44:29 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/44-29.htm">Genesis 44:29 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/44-29.htm">Genesis 44:29 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/44-29.htm">Genesis 44:29 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/44-29.htm">Genesis 44:29 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/44-29.htm">Genesis 44:29 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/44-29.htm">Genesis 44:29 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/44-29.htm">Genesis 44:29 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/44-29.htm">Genesis 44:29 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/44-29.htm">OT Law: Genesis 44:29 If you take this one also (Gen. 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