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Genesis 42:37-38
International Standard Version
Genesis 42:37-38
International Standard Version
37 “Feel free to put my own two sons to death,” Reuben responded to his father, “if I don’t bring him back to you. Trust me—I’ll bring him back to you.”
38 But Jacob replied, “My son isn’t going back with you, since his brother is dead and he’s the only one left. If something should harm him as you travel, then it’ll be death for me and my sad, gray hair!”[a]
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- Genesis 42:38 Lit. then you’ll send me and my gray hair to Sheol; i.e. to the realm of the dead
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