Genesis 44:22

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

21'And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set mine eye upon him;

23and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face.

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Cross References

Genesis 44:30'And now, at my coming in unto thy 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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