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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 my children], am bereaved. (Gen. 43:14)
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1 Sam. 27:1• 1{i}And David said in his heart{/i}, 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; {i}and Saul will despair of me to seek me anymore within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.{/i} (1 Sam. 27:1)
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Job 7:7• 7Remember that my days are a breath,{HR}Mine eye will not return to see good. (Job 7:7)
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Eccl. 7:8• 8Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning thereof:{HR}And the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit. (Eccl. 7:8)
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Rom. 8:28• 28But we do know that all things work together for good to those that love God, to those that 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 slay him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
 21And Reuben heard, and delivered him out of their hands, and said, Let us not take his life.
 22And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit that [is] in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him (in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father).
 23And it came to pass, when Joseph was come to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of the colours that [was] on him;
 24and they took him and cast him into the 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 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] if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?
 27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he [is] our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened.
 28And there passed by Midianitish men, merchants; 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 into Egypt.
 29And Reuben returned to the pit; and, behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
 30And he returned to his brethren and said, The child [is] not; and I, whither shall I go?
 31And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a buck of the goats and dipped the coat in the blood,
 32and they sent the coat of the colours, and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: know now whether it [be] thy son's coat or not.
 33And he knew it, and said, [It is] my son's coat: an evil beast hath devoured him; surely Joseph is torn in pieces.
 34And Jacob rent his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
 35And all his sons rose up, and all his daughters, to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. And 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 my 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 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• 1{i}And David said in his heart{/i}, 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; {i}and Saul will despair of me to seek me anymore within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.{/i} (1 Sam. 27:1)
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Job 7:7• 7Remember that my days are a breath,{HR}Mine eye will not return to see good. (Job 7:7)
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Psa. 34:19• 19Many [are] the troubles of the righteous [one];{HR}But out of them all Jehovah delivereth him, (Psa. 34:19)
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Eccl. 7:8• 8Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning thereof:{HR}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 of taking away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalk-stones that are beaten 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 still noon of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the residue of my years. (Isa. 38:10)
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Isa. 41:10,13‑14• 10Fear 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 will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
 14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye few 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 forth his hand and caught hold of him, and saith to him, O thou of little faith, wherefore 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 that love God, to those that are called according to purpose.
 31What then shall we 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 hath taken you save a human one: but God [is] faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what ye are able, but will with the temptation make also the issue that ye may be able to bear [it]. (1 Cor. 10:13)
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2 Cor. 4:17• 17For the momentary lightness of our affliction worketh out for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory: (2 Cor. 4:17)
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James 5:7‑11• 7Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until it receive early and latter rain.
 8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
 9Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged. Behold, the judge standeth before the door.
 10Take, brethren, [for] an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of [the] Lord.
 11Behold, we call them blessed who endured. Ye heard of the endurance of Job, and saw [the] Lord's end; for the Lord is full of compassion, and merciful. (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.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have made me childless: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things fall on me.