Genesis 44:22

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should do so, his father would die.

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

But [Jacob] said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left [of his mother's children]; if harm or accident should befall him on the journey you are to take, you would bring my hoary head down to Sheol (the place of the dead) with grief.

Genesis 44:21

And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.

Genesis 44:23

And you told your servants, Unless your youngest brother comes with you, you shall not see my face again.

Genesis 44:30

Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad's life and his soul knit with the lad's soul,