Genesis 44:22
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
American Standard Version
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In Context
21And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
Cross References
Genesis 44:30Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad`s 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 →