2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00
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# My son will not go down with you
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2023-11-05 21:42:19 +00:00
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"My son, Benjamin, will not go with you to Egypt"
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2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00
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# with you
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2023-11-05 21:42:19 +00:00
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Here "you" is plural and refers to Jacob's older sons.
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2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00
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# For his brother is dead and he alone is left
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2023-11-05 21:42:19 +00:00
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"For my wife, Rachel, only had two children. Joseph is dead and Benjamin is the only one left"
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2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00
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# on the road in which you go
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"while you a traveling to Egypt and back" or "while you are away." Here "road" stands for traveling.
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# then you will bring down my gray hair with sorrow to Sheol
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2023-11-05 21:42:19 +00:00
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"then you will cause me, an old man, to die of sorrow"
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