Genesis 44:30

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

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In The King James Version

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

In Context

29If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

31When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.

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Cross References

Genesis 44:17Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.

Genesis 44:31When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.

1 Samuel 18:1Now after David's talk with Saul was ended, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and David became as dear to him as his very life.

2 Samuel 18:33Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!

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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