Genesis 44:34

Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 44

“For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.”Genesis 44:34

What Does Genesis 44:34 Mean?

Genesis 44:34 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 44, verse 34 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 14 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (14)

These passages are connected to Genesis 44:34 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Esther 8:6“For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?”Genesis 44:30“Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;”Exodus 18:8“And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.”1 Samuel 2:33“And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.”2 Kings 25:7“And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.”2 Chronicles 34:28“Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.”Job 31:29“If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:”Psalms 116:3“The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.”Psalms 119:143“Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.”Ecclesiastes 3:7“A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;”Jeremiah 39:6“Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.”Jeremiah 52:10“And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.”Genesis 21:16“And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.”Lamentations 3:51“Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.”

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