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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 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. (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 shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. (1 Sam. 27:1)
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Job 7:7• 7O remember 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 the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. (Eccl. 7:8)
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Rom. 8:28• 28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. (Rom. 8:28)

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Me have ye.
Gen. 37:20‑35• 20Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
 21And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
 22And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
 23And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him;
 24And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and 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 company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
 26And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
 27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
 28Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
 29And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
 30And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
 31And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
 32And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
 33And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
 34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon 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 he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. (Gen. 37:20‑35)
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Gen. 43:14• 14And 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. (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 nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families. (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 shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. (1 Sam. 27:1)
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Job 7:7• 7O remember 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 afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. (Psa. 34:19)
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Eccl. 7:8• 8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in 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 to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. (Isa. 27:9)
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Isa. 38:10• 10I 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. (Isa. 38:10)
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Isa. 41:10,13‑14• 10Fear thou 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 the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
 14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 41:10,13‑14)
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Matt. 14:31• 31And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? (Matt. 14:31)
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Rom. 8:28,31• 28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
 31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? (Rom. 8:28,31)
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1 Cor. 10:13• 13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. (1 Cor. 10:13)
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2 Cor. 4:17• 17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; (2 Cor. 4:17)
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James 5:7‑11• 7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
 8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
 9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
 10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
 11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. (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.