Genesis 42:38
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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. ”
יָרַד
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
עִם
with/ you
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עִם
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
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מוּת
he has died
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מוּת
To die, to be put to death. Muth. The sting of death is sin. But death has been swallowed up in victory. Jesus holds the keys of death.
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בֵּן
son/ my
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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שְׁאוֹל
Sheol/ towards
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שְׁאוֹל
Hell, grave — sheol; the realm of the dead; David says even there God is present and the Holy One would not be abandoned to it
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הָלַךְ
you will go
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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שָׁאַר
is remaining
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שָׁאַר
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
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שֵׂיבָה
gray hair/ my
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שֵׂיבָה
old age
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