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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- Joseph and Ten of His Brethren 1. שׁבר sheber, “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar “pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain). 6. שׁליט shallı̂yṭ, “ruler, governor, hence,” Sultan. Not elsewhere…
Adam Clarke
He is left alone - That is, Benjamin is the only remaining son of Rachel; for he supposed Joseph, who was the other son, to be dead.
Shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow - Here he keeps up…
Here is, 1. The report which Jacob's sons made to their father of the great distress they had been in in Egypt; how they had been suspected, and threatened, and obliged to leave Simeon a prisoner…
Cambridge Bible
he only is left i.e. of the sons of Rachel.
mischief Cf. Gen 42:42; Exo 21:22-23.
bring down my gray hairs, &c. See note on Gen 37:35; cf. Gen 44:31. Jacob's prediction in these passages is probably…
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