Genesis 44:22
We told you, ‘The boy can't leave his father; if he did, his father would die.’
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21Then you ordered us, ‘Bring him here to me so I can see him.’
23But you told us, ‘If your youngest brother doesn't come with you, you won't see me again.’
Cross References
Genesis 44:30So if the boy isn't with us when I go back to my father, whose life depends on the life of the boy,
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 →