Genesis 42:38

Which verses does Genesis 42:38 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. Genesis 37:357 votes

   All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

2. Genesis 37:335 votes

   His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

3. Genesis 42:45 votes

   But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

4. Genesis 42:134 votes

   But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”

5. Genesis 35:16–183 votes

   Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult. During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.” …

6. Genesis 30:22–242 votes

   Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said. …

7. Genesis 44:202 votes

   And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

8. Genesis 44:27–342 votes

   And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons. When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since. …

9. 1 Kings 2:62 votes

   So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

10. Psalm 71:182 votes

    Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

11. Psalm 90:102 votes
12. Ecclesiastes 1:142 votes
13. Ecclesiastes 2:262 votes
14. Isaiah 38:102 votes

    I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”

15. Isaiah 46:42 votes

Which verses point to Genesis 42:38?

The 10 strongest of 21.

• Genesis 44:29 7
• Genesis 42:4 5
• Genesis 37:35 4
• Genesis 44:20 3
• Judges 11:35 3
• 1 Samuel 15:26 3
• 1 Kings 2:9 3
• Genesis 42:13 2
• Genesis 43:5 2
• Genesis 43:8 2