Genesis 44:22

But we said to you, my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he should leave his father, his father would die.’

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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

21You said to us, ‘Bring him down to me, so that I can see him.’

23Then you said to us, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not be able to see me again.’

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Cross References

Genesis 44:30Now if I return to your servant, my father, and the boy with whose life his heart is bound up is not with us,

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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