Génesis 44:28

28 el uno salió de mi lado, y dije: 'Seguro que ha sido despedazado', y no lo he visto desde entonces.

Génesis 44:28 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 44:28

And the one went out from, me
Being sent by him to see how his brethren did, who were feeding his flocks at Shechem, and he had never returned to him to that day: and I said, surely he is torn in pieces;
by some wild beast; this he said on sight of his coat, being shown him all bloody: and I saw him not since;
now twenty two years ago; for though Joseph was not such a great way off his father, especially if he was at Memphis, as some think; yet what through his confinement as a servant in Potiphar's house, and then for some years in prison, and through the multiplicity of business when advanced in Pharaoh's court, he had no leisure and opportunity of visiting his father; and especially so it was ordered by the providence of God that he should not, that he might be made known at the most proper time for the glory of God, and the good of his family.

Génesis 44:28 In-Context

26 Mas nosotros respondimos: "No podemos ir. Si nuestro hermano menor va con nosotros, entonces iremos; porque no podemos ver el rostro del hombre si nuestro hermano no está con nosotros."

27 Y mi padre, tu siervo, nos dijo: "Vosotros sabéis que mi mujer me dio a luz dos hijos;

28 el uno salió de mi lado, y dije: 'Seguro que ha sido despedazado', y no lo he visto desde entonces.

29 "Y si también os lleváis a éste de mi presencia, y algo malo le sucede, haréis descender mis canas con dolor al Seol."

30 Ahora pues, cuando yo vuelva a mi padre, tu siervo, y el muchacho no esté con nosotros, como su vida está ligada a la vida del muchacho,