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Genesis 42

Gen. 42:36 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
their father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto them, Me have ye bereaved
shakol (Hebrew #7921)
properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, X expect, lose children, miscarry, rob of children, spoil.
Pronounce: shaw-kole'
Origin: a primitive root
e of my children: Joseph
Yowceph (Hebrew #3130)
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Joseph. Compare 3084.
Pronounce: yo-safe'
Origin: future of 3254
is not, and Simeon
Shim`own (Hebrew #8095)
hearing; Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him
KJV usage: Simeon.
Pronounce: shim-one'
Origin: from 8085
is not, and ye will take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
Benjamin
Binyamiyn (Hebrew #1144)
son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Benjamin.
Pronounce: bin-yaw-mene'
Origin: from 1121 and 3225
away: all these thingsf are against me.
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Gen. 43:14• 14And the Almighty *God give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin! And I, if I be bereaved of children, am bereaved. (Gen. 43:14)
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1 Sam. 27:1• 1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand. (1 Sam. 27:1)
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Job 7:7• 7Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good. (Job 7:7)
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Eccl. 7:8• 8Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit. (Eccl. 7:8)
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Rom. 8:28• 28But we *do* know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose. (Rom. 8:28)

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Me have ye.
Gen. 37:20‑35• 20And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams.
 21And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.
 22And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him--in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him to his father again.
 23And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the vest of many colours, which he had on;
 24and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty--there was no water in it.
 25And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead; and their camels bore tragacanth, and balsam, and ladanum--going to carry it down to Egypt.
 26And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?
 27Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened to him.
 28And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.
 29And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his garments,
 30and returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?
 31And they took Joseph's vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood;
 32and they sent the vest of many colours and had it carried to their father, and said, This have we found: discern now whether it is thy son's vest or not.
 33And he discerned it, and said, It is my son's vest! an evil beast has devoured him: Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!
 34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
 35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. Thus his father wept for him. (Gen. 37:20‑35)
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Gen. 43:14• 14And the Almighty *God give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin! And I, if I be bereaved of children, am bereaved. (Gen. 43:14)
all these things are against me.{Alay hayoo cullanah,} literally, "upon me are all these things:"
rendered by the Vulgate, {in me hæc omnia mala reciderunt,} "all these evils fall back upon me;" they lie upon me as heavy loads, hastening my death:
they are more than I can bear.
Gen. 45:28• 28And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is yet alive; I will go and see him before I die. (Gen. 45:28)
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Gen. 47:12• 12And Joseph maintained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the number of the little ones. (Gen. 47:12)
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1 Sam. 27:1• 1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand. (1 Sam. 27:1)
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Job 7:7• 7Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good. (Job 7:7)
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Psa. 34:19• 19Many are the adversities of the righteous, but Jehovah delivereth him out of them all: (Psa. 34:19)
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Eccl. 7:8• 8Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit. (Eccl. 7:8)
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Isa. 27:9• 9By this, therefore, shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit of the taking away of his sin: when he shall make all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are crumbled in pieces,--the Asherahs and the sun-images shall not stand. (Isa. 27:9)
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Isa. 38:10• 10I said, In the meridian of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years. (Isa. 38:10)
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Isa. 41:10,13‑14• 10--Fear not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
 13For I, Jehovah, thy God, hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
 14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 41:10,13‑14)
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Matt. 14:31• 31And immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt? (Matt. 14:31)
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Rom. 8:28,31• 28But we *do* know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose.
 31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who against us? (Rom. 8:28,31)
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1 Cor. 10:13• 13No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able to bear, but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that ye should be able to bear it. (1 Cor. 10:13)
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2 Cor. 4:17• 17For our momentary and light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory; (2 Cor. 4:17)
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James 5:7‑11• 7Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive the early and the latter rain.
 8*Ye* also have patience: stablish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is drawn nigh.
 9Complain not one against another, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.
 10Take as an example, brethren, of suffering and having patience, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord.
 11Behold, we call them blessed who have endured. Ye have heard of the endurance of Job, and seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is full of tender compassion and pitiful. (James 5:7‑11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things are against me.