Genesis 44:22

And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.

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In The King James Version

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

In Context

21And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

23But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again.

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Cross References

Genesis 44:30If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 44:19-34

Judah's Appeal on Behalf of Benjamin. ( b. c. 1707.) 18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? 20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. 21 And… Read the whole commentary →

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