Genesis 42 · Verse 36

Genesis 42:36

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 42:36, King James Version

Genesis 42:36 in other translations

BSBTheir father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
WEBJacob, 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.”
ASVAnd 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.
YLTand Jacob their father saith unto them, ‘Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin ye take--against me have been all these.'
DARBYAnd Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things are against me.
BBEAnd Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.
WebsterAnd Jacob their father said to them, Me have ye bereaved: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

What does Genesis 42:36 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
36. Me have ye bereaved--This exclamation indicates a painfully excited state of feeling, and it shows how difficult it is for even a good man to yield implicit submission to the course of Providence. The language does not imply that his missing sons had got foul play from the hands of the rest, but he looks upon Simeon as lost, as well as Joseph, and he insinuates it was by some imprudent statements of theirs that he was exposed to the risk of losing Benjamin also.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 36 All these things are against me - עלי היו כלנה alai hayu cullanah; literally, All these things are upon me. Not badly translated by the Vulgate, In me haec omnia mala reciderunt, "All these evils fall back upon me." They lie upon me as heavy loads, hastening my death; they are more than I can bear.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 42:29-38

Here is the report Jacob's sons made to their father. It troubled the good man. Even the bundles of money Joseph returned, in kindness, to his father, frightened him. He laid the fault upon his sons; knowing them, he feared they had provoked the Egyptians, and wrongfully brought home their money. Jacob plainly distrusted his sons, remembering that he never saw Joseph since he had been with them. It is bad with a…

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Genesis 42:36 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֲלֵהֶם֙'a.le.Hemto themH413
יַעֲקֹ֣בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
אֲבִיהֶ֔ם'a.vi.Hemfather theirH1
אֹתִ֖י'o.Ti<obj.> meH853
שִׁכַּלְתֶּ֑םshi.kal.Temyou are making childlessH7921
יוֹסֵ֤ףyo.SefJosephH3130
אֵינֶ֙נּוּ֙'ei.Ne.nunot [is] heH369
וְשִׁמְע֣וֹןve.shim.'onand SimeonH8095
אֵינֶ֔נּוּ'ei.Ne.nunot [is] heH369
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
בִּנְיָמִ֣ןbin.ya.MinBenjaminH1144
תִּקָּ֔חוּti.Ka.chuyou will takeH3947
עָלַ֖י'a.Laion meH5921
הָי֥וּha.Yuthey areH1961
כֻלָּֽנָה\׃khu.La.nahall of themH3605

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 42:36

  • Genesis 43:14

    And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

  • Romans 8:31

    What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

  • 1 Samuel 27:1

    And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

  • Matthew 14:31

    And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

  • Romans 8:28

    And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:8

    Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

  • Isaiah 41:10

    Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

  • Isaiah 38:10

    I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

  • Isaiah 41:13-14

    For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

  • Isaiah 27:9

    By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

  • Job 7:7

    O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

  • Genesis 37:20-35

    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. And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him; …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Me have ye.
37:20-35; 43:14
all these things are against me.{Alay hayoo cullanah,} literally, "upon me are all these things:" rendered by the Vulgate, {in me hæc omnia mala reciderunt,} "all these evils fall back upon me;" they lie upon me as heavy loads, hastening my death: they are more than I can bear.
45:28; 47:12; 1Sa 27:1; Job 7:7; Ps 34:19; Ec 7:8; Isa 27:9; 38:10
Isa 41:10,13,14; Mt 14:31; Ro 8:28,31; 1Co 10:13; 2Co 4:17
Jas 5:7-11

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Context

  • Genesis 42:35

    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.

  • Genesis 42:36

    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 42:37

    And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

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Genesis 42:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces su padre Jacob les dijo: Habéisme privado de mis hijos; José no parece, ni Simeón tampoco, y á Benjamín le llevaréis: contra mí son todas estas cosas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Jacob, leur père, leur dit: Vous m’avez privé d’enfants: Joseph n’est plus, et Siméon n’est plus, et vous voulez prendre Benjamin! Toutes ces choses sont contre moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ihr Vater Jakob sprach zu ihnen: Ihr habt mich der Kinder beraubt: Joseph ist nicht mehr, und Simeon ist nicht mehr; und Benjamin wollt ihr nehmen! Dies alles kommt über mich!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
dixit pater Jacob: Absque liberis me esse fecistis: Joseph non est super, Simeon tenetur in vinculis, et Benjamin auferetis: in me hæc omnia mala reciderunt.