Genesis 44:22

And we answered my lord, The childe can not depart from his father: for if he leaue 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

21Now thou saidest vnto thy seruants, Bring him vnto me, that I may set mine eye vpon him.

23Then saydest thou vnto thy seruants, Except your yonger brother come downe with you, looke in my face no more.

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Cross References

Genesis 44:30Nowe therefore, when I come to thy seruant my father, and the childe be not with vs (seeing that his life dependeth on the childes 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 →

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