Genesis 44:29
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29 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.[a]’
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Genesis 42:38
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38 But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down with you. His brother Joseph is dead, and he is all I have left. If anything should happen to him on your journey, you would send this grieving, white-haired man to his grave.[a]”
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- 42:38 Hebrew to Sheol.
Genesis 44:31
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31 If he sees that the boy is not with us, our father will die. We, your servants, will indeed be responsible for sending that grieving, white-haired man to his grave.
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Genesis 42:36
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36 Jacob exclaimed, “You are robbing me of my children! Joseph is gone! Simeon is gone! And now you want to take Benjamin, too. Everything is going against me!”
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Psalm 88:3-4
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3 For my life is full of troubles,
and death[a] draws near.
4 I am as good as dead,
like a strong man with no strength left.
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- 88:3 Hebrew Sheol.
Deuteronomy 31:17
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17 Then my anger will blaze forth against them. I will abandon them, hiding my face from them, and they will be devoured. Terrible trouble will come down on them, and on that day they will say, ‘These disasters have come down on us because God is no longer among us!’
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Genesis 43:14
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14 May God Almighty[a] give you mercy as you go before the man, so that he will release Simeon and let Benjamin return. But if I must lose my children, so be it.”
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- 43:14 Hebrew El-Shaddai.
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