Genesis 44:28
Good News Translation
One of them has already left me. He must have been torn to pieces by wild animals, because I have not seen him since he left.

New Revised Standard Version
one left me, and I said, Surely he has been torn to pieces; and I have never seen him since.

Contemporary English Version
One of them was already missing and had not been seen for a long time. My father thinks the boy was torn to pieces by some wild animal,

New American Bible
One of them, however, has gone away from me, and I said, “He must have been torn to pieces by wild beasts!” I have not seen him since.

Douay-Rheims Bible
One went out, and you said: A beast devoured him; and hitherto he appeareth not.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

One went out, and you said: A beast devoured him; and hitherto he appeareth not.

the one.

Genesis 37:13,14 Israel said to him: Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered: . . .

Surely.

Genesis 37:33 And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph.

Genesis 42:36,38 Their father Jacob said: You have made me to be without children: Joseph is not living, Simeon is kept in bonds, and Benjamin you will take away: all these evils are fallen upon me. . . .

Context
Judah Pleads for Benjamin
27Whereunto he answered: You know that my wife bore me two. 28One went out, and you said: A beast devoured him; and hitherto he appeareth not.29If you take this also, and any thing befall him in the way, you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow unto hell.…
Cross References
Genesis 37:31
And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed:

Genesis 37:33
And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph.

Genesis 42:38
But he said: My son shall not go down with you: his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go, you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to hell.

Genesis 44:27
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