Genesis 44:22

And we aunswered my Lorde, that the lad could not go from his father, for if he shoulde leaue his father, he were but dead.

Bible (Bishops')

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 thou saidest vnto thy seruauntes: bryng him vnto me, that I may set my eyes vpon him.

23Then saydest thou vnto thy seruauntes: except your youngest brother come with you, loke that ye see my face no more.

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Cross References

Genesis 44:30Nowe therefore when I come to thy seruaunt my father, and the lad be not with vs (seing that his life hangeth by the laddes life.)

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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