Genesis 44:31
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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.sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
In other translations
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.sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
Hebrew words
וְהָיָהvehayahand it will beH1961כִּרְאוֹתוֹkir'otowhen sees heH7200כִּי־ki-thatH3588אֵין'einthere notH369הַנַּעַרhana'ar[is] the young manH5288וָמֵתvametand he will dieH4191וְהוֹרִידוּvehoriduand they will bring downH3381עֲבָדֶיךָ'avadeikhaservants yourH5650אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853שֵׂיבַתseivat[the] gray hair ofH7872עַבְדְּךָ'avdekhaservant yourH5650אָבִינוּ'avinufather ourH1בְּיָגוֹןbeyagonin sorrowH3015שְׁאֹלָה׃she'olahSheol towardsH7585
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