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Genesis 42:37 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. "
Genesis 42:37
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And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin
And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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Genesis 42:1
"Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look"
Genesis 42:2
"And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die."
Genesis 42:3
"And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt."
Genesis 42:4
"But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him."
Genesis 42:5
"And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan."
Genesis 42:6
"And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth."
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