Genesis 37:30

He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”

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WEBBE

He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”

BSB

returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

KJV

And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

ASV

And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

BBE

He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?

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וַיָּשָׁב vai·ya·shov and he returned H7725 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 אֶחָיו 'e·chav brothers his H251 וַיֹּאמַר vai·yo·mar and he said H559 הַיֶּלֶד hai·ye·led the boy H3206 אֵינֶנּוּ 'ei·ne·nu not [is] he H369 וַאֲנִי va·'a·ni and I H589 אָנָה 'a·nah where H575 אֲנִי־ 'a·ni- [am] I H589 בָא va' going H935

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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. Joseph's brethren were wonderfully restrained from murdering him, and their selling him as wonderfully turned to God's praise.

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