Genesis 42:38 (KJV)

Thou and Ye

you, ye more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Scofield Notes

graveHeb. "Sheol," (See Scofield "Hab 2:5").

Matthew Henry

Jacob refuses to send Benjamin to EgyptHere is the report Jacob's sons made to their father. It troubled the good man. Even the bundles of money Joseph returned, in kindness, to his father,...

Thompson Chains

Paternal LoveLink 3 of 10 · next Genesis 46:30
GriefLink 3 of 11 · next Judges 21:2
The GraveSee the chain from Job 17:13 · 7 links

Parallel Passages

Genesis 37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

Genesis 37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
Genesis 37:33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
Genesis 42:4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
Genesis 42:13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Genesis 35:16–18 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. …
Genesis 30:22–24 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. …
Genesis 44:20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
Genesis 44:27–34 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: …
1 Kings 2:6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
Psalms 71:18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
Psalms 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Isaiah 38:10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Isaiah 46:4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

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Topics

Benjamin Taken into Egypt
Deception Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers
Exports Of corn (grain)
Falsehood Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers
Hell “Sheol” is translated “grave” in A. V. in
Hypocrisy Joseph’s deceiving his brothers
Joseph His father sends down into Egypt to buy corn (grain)
Parents Jacob

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible1745–1635 BC · Joseph

Hebrew and Strong’s

And he said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
My son בְּנִי bĕnî בֵּן Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
shall not go down לֹא lōʾ Negative יֵרֵד yērēd יָרַד Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
with you; for his brother עִמָּכֶם ʿimmākem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural כִּי kî Conjunction אָחִיו ʾāḥîw אָח Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
is dead מֵת mēt מוּת Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
and he is left וְהוּא wĕhûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular · with and נִשְׁאָר nišʾār שָׁאַר Verb · niphal active participle, masculine singular
alone: if mischief לְבַדּוֹ lĕbaddô Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine singular אָסוֹן ʾāsôn אָסוֹן Noun · masculine singular
befall וּקְרָאָהוּ ûqĕrāʾāhû קָרָא Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular · with and, suffix: third person masculine singular
him by the way בַּדֶּרֶךְ badderek דֶּרֶךְ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition with the
in the which ye go אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative תֵּלְכוּ tēlĕkû יָלַךְ Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
then shall ye bring down בָהּ bāh Preposition · with suffix: third person feminine singular וְהוֹרַדְתֶּם wĕhôradtem יָרַד Verb · hiphil sequential perfect, second person masculine plural · with and
my gray hairs אֶת ʾet Object marker שֵׂיבָתִי śêbātî שֵׂיבָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
with sorrow בְּיָגוֹן bĕyāgôn יָגוֹן Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
to the grave שְׁאוֹלָה šĕʾwōlâ שְׁאוֹל Proper name · with ending: toward

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0