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Gen 44:34 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

lest		1Sa 2:33,34; 2Ch 34:28; Est 8:6; Jer 52:10,11
come on		Heb. find. Exd 18:8; Job 31:29; Psa 116:3; Psa 119:143; *marg:

Correlating Passages

lest

	1Sa 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.
	1Sa 2:34	And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
	2Ch 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.
	Est 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?
	Jer 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.
	Jer 52:11	Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

come on

	Exd 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.
	Job 31:29	If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
	Psa 116:3	The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
	Psa 119:143	Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments [are] my delights.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 44:34," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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