Genesis 44:31
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And he shall see that he is not with us, he will die, and thy servants shall bring down his grey hairs with sorrow unto hell.

Genesis 37:35
And all his children being gathered together to comfort their father in his sorrow, he would not receive comfort, but said: I will go down to my son into hell, mourning. And whilst he continued weeping,

Genesis 42:38
But he said: My son shall not go down with you: his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go, you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to hell.

Genesis 44:29
If you take this also, and any thing befall him in the way, you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow unto hell.

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And he shall see that he is not with us, he will die, and thy servants shall bring down his grey hairs with sorrow unto hell.

when he.

1 Samuel 4:17,18 And he that brought the news answered, and said: Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter of the people: moreover thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees, are dead: and the ark of God is taken. . . .

2 Corinthians 7:10 For the sorrow that is according to God worketh penance, steadfast unto salvation: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

1 Thessalonians 4:13 And we will not have you ignorant brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope.

servants shall.

Genesis 44:29 If you take this also, and any thing befall him in the way, you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow unto hell.

Genesis 37:26,27,35 And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood? . . .

1 Samuel 22:22 And David said to Abiathar: I knew that day when Doeg, the Edomite, was there, that without doubt he would tell Saul: I have been the occasion of the death of all the souls of thy father's house.

Context
Judah Pleads for Benjamin
30Therefore, if I shall go to thy servant, our father, and the boy be wanting, (whereas his life dependeth upon the life of him,) 31And he shall see that he is not with us, he will die, and thy servants shall bring down his grey hairs with sorrow unto hell.32Let me be thy proper servant, who took him into my trust, and promised, saying: If I bring him not again, I will be guilty of sin against my father for ever.…
Lexicon
when he sees
כִּרְאוֹת֛וֹ (kir·’ō·w·ṯōw)
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

that
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the boy
הַנַּ֖עַר (han·na·‘ar)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

[is] not [with us],
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

he will die.
וָמֵ֑ת (wā·mêṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

Then your servants
עֲבָדֶ֜יךָ (‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

will have brought the gray hair
שֵׂיבַ֨ת (śê·ḇaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7872: Hoary head, old age

of your servant
עַבְדְּךָ֥ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

our father
אָבִ֛ינוּ (’ā·ḇî·nū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

down
וְהוֹרִ֨ידוּ (wə·hō·w·rî·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

to Sheol
שְׁאֹֽלָה׃ (šə·’ō·lāh)
Noun - common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death)

in sorrow.
בְּיָג֖וֹן (bə·yā·ḡō·wn)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3015: Grief, sorrow


Additional Translations
when he 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.It shall come to pass, when he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and your servants shall bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us , that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

—it shall even come to pass, when he sees the boy is not with us, that he will die, and thy servants will bring down the old age of thy servant, and our father, with sorrow to the grave.

it will come to pass when he sees that the lad is not [there], that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

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.

It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father, with sorrow to the grave.

it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol.

then it hath come to pass when he seeth that the youth is not, that he hath died, and thy servants have brought down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to sheol;
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