Génesis 37:30

30 Regresó entonces adonde estaban sus hermanos, y les reclamó:—¡Ya no está ese muchacho! Y ahora, ¿qué hago?

Génesis 37:30 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 37:30

And he returned unto his brethren
From the pit, and whom he suspected had took him and killed him, as was their first design, not being with them when they proposed to sell him, and did:

and said, the child [is] not;
not in the pit, nor in the land of the living, but is dead, which is sometimes the meaning of the phrase, ( Jeremiah 31:15 ) ; he calls him a child, though seventeen years of age, because the youngest brother but one, and he himself was the eldest, and also because of his tender concern for him:

and I, whither shall I go?
to find the child or flee from his father's face, which he could not think of seeing any more; whom he had highly offended already in the case of Bilhah, and now he would be yet more incensed against him for his neglect of Joseph, who, he might have expected, would have taken particular care of him, being the eldest son: he speaks like one in the utmost perplexity, not knowing what to do, what course to steer, being almost distracted and at his wits' end.

Génesis 37:30 In-Context

28 así que cuando los mercaderes madianitas se acercaron, sacaron a José de la cisterna y se lo vendieron a los ismaelitas por veinte monedas de plata. Fue así como se llevaron a José a Egipto.

29 Cuando Rubén volvió a la cisterna y José ya no estaba allí, se rasgó las vestiduras en señal de duelo.

30 Regresó entonces adonde estaban sus hermanos, y les reclamó:—¡Ya no está ese muchacho! Y ahora, ¿qué hago?

31 En seguida los hermanos tomaron la túnica especial de José, degollaron un cabrito, y con la sangre empaparon la túnica.

32 Luego la mandaron a su padre con el siguiente mensaje: «Encontramos esto. Fíjate bien si es o no la túnica de tu hijo».