Genesis 44:22

And we told my lord, His father cannot part with the youth; for if our father should part with him, he would die.

Targum Onkelos

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 thou saidst to thy servants, Bring him down to me, and let me set mine eyes upon him.

23And thou saidst to thy servants, If your youngest brother come not down with you, you shall not see my face again.

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Cross References

Genesis 44:30And now, when I come to thy servant my father, and the youth be not with us, and his soul loveth him as his (own) 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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