Genesis 43:30

And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought [where] to weep; and he entered into [his] chamber, and wept there.

And Joseph {H3130} made haste {H4116}; for his bowels {H7356} did yearn {H3648} upon his brother {H251}: and he sought {H1245} where to weep {H1058}; and he entered {H935} into his chamber {H2315}, and wept {H1058} there.

Then Yosef hurried out, because his feelings toward his brother were so strong that he wanted to cry; he went into his bedroom and there he wept.

Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.

And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned over his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 42:24 (6 votes)

    And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

  • Jeremiah 31:20 (4 votes)

    [Is] Ephraim my dear son? [is he] a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.

  • 1 Kings 3:26 (3 votes)

    Then spake the woman whose the living child [was] unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, [but] divide [it].

  • John 11:33 (3 votes)

    ¶ When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

  • John 11:38 (3 votes)

    Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

  • Philippians 2:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ If [there be] therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

  • Genesis 45:14 (3 votes)

    And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.