King James Version
Genesis 44:29 in the King James Version says “And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 44 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.”
Genesis 44:29 · KJV
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“this also from”
H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“me”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“befall him”
H7136to light upon (chiefly by accident); specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
“ye shall bring down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“to the grave”
H7585hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
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