Gen 43:14, Job 17:11-15, Psa 39:6-7, 1Cor 15:19, 2Cor 1:8-10 | ESV | STEP | May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man , and may he send back your other brother and Benjamin . And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved .

Genesis 43:14

14 May ^aGod Almighty ^{▼▼Hebrew El Shaddai} ^cgrant you mercy before the man, and may he send back your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, ^dif I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

Job 17:11-15

11 My ^edays are past; my plans are broken off,
the desires of my heart.
12 They ^fmake night into day:
‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’ ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
13 If I hope for ^hSheol as ⁱmy house,
if I make my bed in darkness,
14 if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope?
Who will see my hope?

Psalms 39:6-7

6 Surely a man ^jgoes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing ^{▼▼Hebrew Surely as a breath} they are in turmoil;
man ^lheaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
7 “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
^mMy hope is in you.

1 Corinthians 15:19

19 If in Christ we have hope ^{▼▼Or we have hoped} in this life only, ^owe are of all people most to be pitied.

2 Corinthians 1:8-10

8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church} of ^qthe affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us ^rrely not on ourselves ^sbut on God ^twho raises the dead. 10 ^uHe delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. ^vOn him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.