One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces;” and I haven’t seen him since.
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One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces;” and I haven’t seen him since.
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And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
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and the one went out from me, and I said: Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since;
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Passages linked to Genesis 44:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 37:33 He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.”
- Genesis 37:13-14 Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.” He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
- Genesis 42:36 Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”
- Genesis 42:38 He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the one went out from, me,.... Being sent…
And the one went out from, me,.... Being sent by him to see how his brethren did, who were feeding his flocks at Shechem, and he had never returned to him to that day:
and I said, surely he is torn in pieces; by some wild beast; this he said on sight of his coat, being shown him all bloody:
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and I saw him not since; now twenty two years ago; for though Joseph was not such a great way off his father, especially if he was at Memphis, as some think; yet what through his confinement as a servant in Potiphar's house, and then for some years in prison, and through the multiplicity of business when advanced in Pharaoh's court, he had no leisure and opportunity of visiting his father; and especially so it was ordered by the providence of God that he should not, that he might be made known at the most proper time for the glory of God, and the good of his family.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 28. and I have not seen him since] The…
28. and I have not seen him since] The unconscious pathos in the words which Judah uses must have struck Joseph to the heart.
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