Genesis 44:22
And we said to you, ‘No, we can't bring him to you. The boy cannot leave his father or his father will die.’
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
In Context
21You said to us, ‘Bring that brother to me. I want to see him.’
23But you said, ‘If you do not bring your youngest brother, you will not be allowed to see me again.’
Cross References
Genesis 44:30So, if I go home without Benjamin, I do not know what will happen. That boy is the most important thing in our father'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 →