29 Now ye take this also away from me: if death take him, then [a]ye shall bring my gray head in sorrow to the grave.

30 Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father, and the child be not with us (seeing that his [b]life dependeth on the child’s life.)

31 Then when he shall see that the child is not come, he will die: so shall thy servants bring down the gray head of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 44:29 Ye shall cause me to die for sorrow.
  2. Genesis 44:30 Hebrew, his soul is bound to his soul.

29 If you take this one from me too and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray head down to the grave(A) in misery.’(B)

30 “So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant my father,(C) and if my father, whose life is closely bound up with the boy’s life,(D) 31 sees that the boy isn’t there, he will die.(E) Your servants(F) will bring the gray head of our father down to the grave(G) in sorrow.

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