Genesis 37:30
And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
Genesis 37:30 in other translations
| BSB | returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?” |
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| WEB | He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?” |
| ASV | And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? |
| YLT | and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, ‘The lad is not, and I--whither am I going?' |
| DARBY | and returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go? |
| BBE | He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do? |
| Webster | And he returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not: and I, whither shall I go? |
What does Genesis 37:30 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 37:29-30
29-30. Reuben returned unto the pit--He seems to have designedly taken a circuitous route, with a view of secretly rescuing the poor lad from a lingering death by starvation. His intentions were excellent, and his feelings no doubt painfully lacerated when he discovered what had been done in his absence. But the thing was of God, who had designed that Joseph's deliverance should be accomplished by other means than…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 37:23-30
They threw Joseph into a pit, to perish there with hunger and cold; so cruel were their tender mercies. They slighted him when he was in distress, and were not grieved for the affliction of Joseph, see Am 6:6; for when he was pining in the pit, they sat down to eat bread. They felt no remorse of conscience for the sin. But the wrath of man shall praise God, and the remainder of wrath he will restrain, Psa 76:10…
Genesis 37:30 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 37:30
- Genesis 42:13
And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
- Genesis 42:32
We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
- Jeremiah 31:15
Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
- Genesis 42:35-36
And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
- Genesis 37:20
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
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Context
- Genesis 37:29
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
- Genesis 37:30
And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
- Genesis 37:31
And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
Genesis 37:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tornó á sus hermanos, y dijo: El mozo no parece; y yo, ¿adónde iré yo? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et retourna vers ses frères, et dit: L’enfant n’y est pas, et moi, où irai-je? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er kehrte zu seinen Brüdern zurück und sprach: Der Knabe ist nicht da, und ich, wohin soll ich gehen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et scissis vestibus pergens ad fratres suos, ait: Puer non comparet, et ego quo ibo? |