1 Kings 2:6

2:6 Do to him what you think is appropriate, ¹  but don’t let him live long and die a peaceful death. ² 

Genesis 42:38

42:38 But Jacob ³  replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. ⁴  If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair ⁵  in sorrow to the grave.” ⁶ 

Genesis 44:31

44:31 When he sees the boy is not with us, ⁷  he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.

¹ tn Heb “according to your wisdom.”

² tn Heb “and do not bring down his grey hair in peace [to] Sheol.”

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ sn The expression he alone is left meant that (so far as Jacob knew) Benjamin was the only surviving child of his mother Rachel.

⁵ sn The expression bring down my gray hair is figurative, using a part for the whole – they would put Jacob in the grave. But the gray head signifies a long life of worry and trouble.

⁶ tn Heb “to Sheol,” the dwelling place of the dead.

⁷ tn Heb “when he sees that there is no boy.”