"And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave." — Genesis 44:29

Genesis 44:29 · KJV

“And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.”

— Genesis 44:29

Verse 28

And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:

Verse 30

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad {be} not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

Genesis 44 — Context

And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two {sons}:

And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:

And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad {be} not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad {is} not {with us}, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

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.

Genesis 43:14

And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved {of my children}, I am bereaved. {If...: or, And I, as I have been, etc.}

Genesis 44:31

It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad {is} not {with us}, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

Deuteronomy 31:17

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 {is} not among us? {befall: Heb. find}

Genesis 42:36

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.

Psalms 88:3-4

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.