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Genesis 42:36 KJV
Genesis · chapter 42 · verse 36
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.Genesis 42:36 · King James Version
Genesis 42:36 in context
34And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
35And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
36And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
37And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
38And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- bereavedshâkôlproperly, to miscarryH7921 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- SimeonShimʻôwnShimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from himH8095 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Here is, 1. The report which Jacob's sons made to their father of the great distress they had been in in Egypt; how they had been suspected, and threatened, and obliged to leave Simeon a prisoner there, till they should bring Benjamin with them thither.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 29-38