Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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.’ New Living Translation 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.’ English Standard Version If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs in evil to Sheol.’ Berean Standard Bible 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.’ King James Bible And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. New King James Version 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.’ New American Standard Bible If you also take this one from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’ NASB 1995 ‘If you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’ NASB 1977 ‘And if you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’ Legacy Standard Bible If you take this one also from me and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in evil.’ Amplified Bible If you take this one also from me, and harm or an accident happens to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’ Christian Standard Bible If you also take this one from me and anything happens to him, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.’ Holman Christian Standard Bible If you also take this one from me and anything happens to him, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.’” American Standard Version and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol. Contemporary English Version 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." English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation 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.' Good News Translation 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.' International Standard Version 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!' Majority Standard Bible 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.? NET Bible 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.' New Heart English Bible If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.' Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.’ Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionwhen 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. Young's Literal Translation 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. Smith's Literal Translation And took ye this also from my face, and harm befell him, and ye brought down my old age with evil to hades. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf you take this also, and any thing befall him in the way you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow unto hell. 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.’ New American Bible 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.’ New Revised Standard Version If you take this one also from me, and harm comes to him, you will bring down my gray hairs in sorrow to Sheol.’ Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd 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. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated 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.’ OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judah Pleads for Benjamin…28When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since. 29 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.’ 30So 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,… Cross References Genesis 37:33-35 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. Genesis 42:36 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!” Genesis 43:14 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.” Genesis 37:3-4 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. Genesis 37:23-24 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. Genesis 37:28 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. Genesis 42:13 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.” Genesis 42:38 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.” Genesis 45:28 “Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.” Genesis 46:30 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!” Genesis 50:15-21 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. ... Matthew 2:18 “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.” Luke 15:30 But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’ John 11:32-35 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. ... John 16:20-22 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. Treasury of Scripture And if you take this also from me, and mischief befall him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. And if. Genesis 42:36,38 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 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. Psalm 88:3,4 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave… sorrow. 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. 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. 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? Jump to Previous Befall Befalls Evil Grave Gray Grey Hair Hairs Happens Harm Head Met Mischief Misery Presence Sheol Sorrow UnderworldJump to Next Befall Befalls Evil Grave Gray Grey Hair Hairs Happens Harm Head Met Mischief Misery Presence Sheol Sorrow UnderworldGenesis 44 1. Joseph's policy to stay his brothers.6. The silver cup is found in Benjamin's sack. 14. They are brought before Joseph. 18. Judah's humble supplication to Joseph. Now if you also take this one from me 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. and harm comes to him you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow. Persons / Places / Events 1. Jacob (Israel)The patriarch of the Israelite tribes, father of Joseph and Benjamin. He is expressing his deep fear and sorrow over potentially losing another son. 2. Joseph 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. 3. Benjamin The youngest son of Jacob, deeply loved by his father, and the only remaining son of Jacob's beloved wife, Rachel. 4. Judah One of Jacob's sons, who pleads with Joseph to let Benjamin return to their father, showing a change of heart and responsibility. 5. Sheol In Hebrew thought, the realm of the dead, often depicted as a place of sorrow and separation from the living. Teaching Points The Depth of Parental LoveJacob'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. The Consequences of Sin The brothers' past actions (selling Joseph) have long-lasting effects, teaching us that sin can have enduring consequences that affect others deeply. Repentance and Change Judah's willingness to take responsibility for Benjamin shows a transformation from his earlier actions, illustrating the power of repentance and change. Trusting God's Plan 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. The Reality of Suffering 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. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So if you takeוּלְקַחְתֶּ֧ם (ū·lə·qaḥ·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 3947: To take this one זֶ֛ה (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that from מֵעִ֥ם (mê·‘im) Preposition-m Strong's 5973: With, equally with me פָּנַ֖י (pā·nay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 6440: The face as well גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and and harm אָס֑וֹן (’ā·sō·wn) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 611: Mischief, evil, harm comes to him, וְקָרָ֣הוּ (wə·qā·rā·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 7136: To light upon, to bring about, to impose timbers you will bring my gray hair שֵׂיבָתִ֛י (śê·ḇā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 7872: Hoary head, old age down וְהֽוֹרַדְתֶּ֧ם (wə·hō·w·raḏ·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend to Sheol שְׁאֹֽלָה׃ (šə·’ō·lāh) Noun - common singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death) in sorrow.’ בְּרָעָ֖ה (bə·rā·‘āh) Preposition-b | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil Links Genesis 44:29 NIVGenesis 44:29 NLT Genesis 44:29 ESV Genesis 44:29 NASB Genesis 44:29 KJV Genesis 44:29 BibleApps.com Genesis 44:29 Biblia Paralela Genesis 44:29 Chinese Bible Genesis 44:29 French Bible Genesis 44:29 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 44:29 If you take this one also (Gen. 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