Genesis 44:22
We made (the) suggestion to thee, my lord, the child may not forsake his father (or that the youngest son cannot leave his father); for if he shall leave his father, his father shall die.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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In Context
21And thou saidest to thy servants, Bring ye him (down) to me, and I shall set mine eyes on him.
Cross References
Genesis 44:30Therefore if I enter again to thy servant, our father, and the child fail (to come back with us), since his life hangeth of the life of the child, (And so if I return again to thy servant, our father, and his youngest son faileth to come back with us, since his life hangeth on the life of his youngest son,)
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 →