Genesis 44:22

and we say to my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he has left his father, then he has died;

Literal Standard Version

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 you say to your servants, Bring him down to me, and I set my eye on him;

23and you say to your servants, If your young brother does not come down with you, you do not add to see my face.

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Cross References

Genesis 44:30And now, at my coming to your servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),

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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