Genesis 44:28
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
Genesis 44:28 in other translations
| BSB | When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since. |
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| WEB | One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces;” and I haven’t seen him since. |
| ASV | and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since: |
| YLT | and the one goeth out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn--torn! and I have not seen him since; |
| DARBY | and the one went out from me, and I said, He must certainly have been torn in pieces; and I have not seen him again hitherto. |
| BBE | The one went away from me, and I said, Truly he has come to a violent death; and from that time I have not seen him, |
| Webster | And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since: |
What does Genesis 44:28 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 44:16-34
16-34. Judah said, What shall we say?--This address needs no comment--consisting at first of short, broken sentences, as if, under the overwhelming force of the speaker's emotions, his utterance were choked, it becomes more free and copious by the effort of speaking, as he proceeds. Every word finds its way to the heart; and it may well be imagined that Benjamin, who stood there speechless like a victim about to be…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 44:18-34
Had Joseph been, as Judah supposed him, an utter stranger to the family, he could not but be wrought upon by his powerful reasonings. But neither Jacob nor Benjamin need an intercessor with Joseph; for he himself loved them. Judah's faithful cleaving to Benjamin, now, in his distress, was recompensed long afterwards by the tribe of Benjamin keeping with the tribe of Judah, when the other tribes deserted it. The…
Genesis 44:28 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 44:28
- Genesis 37:33
And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
- Genesis 37:13-14
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
- 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 42:38
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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Context
- Genesis 44:27
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
- Genesis 44:28
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
- Genesis 44:29
And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis 44:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el uno salió de conmigo, y pienso de cierto que fué despedazado, y hasta ahora no le he visto; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et l’un s’en est allé d’avec moi, et j’ai dit: Certainement il a été déchiré; et je ne l’ai pas revu jusqu’à présent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und der eine ist von mir weggegangen, und ich sprach: Fürwahr, er ist gewißlich zerrissen worden; und ich habe ihn nicht mehr gesehen bis jetzt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Egressus est unus, et dixistis: Bestia devoravit eum: et hucusque non comparet. |