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Genesis 44:30

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Therefore, if I would have gone to your servant, our father, with the boy not present, (though his life depends upon the life of him)

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Joseph responded: "Far be it from me that I should act in this way. He who stole the cup, he will be my servant. But you may go away free to your father."

And we answered you, my lord: 'There is our father, an old man, and a young boy, who was born in his old age. His brother of the same womb has died, and he alone is left to his mother and father, who truly love him tenderly.'

We suggested to my lord: 'The boy is not able to leave his father. For if he sends him away, he will die.'

and if he were to see that he is not with us, he would die, and your servants will lead his grey hairs down with sorrow to the grave.

For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I appear as a witness to the calamity that will oppress my father."

And so the king, being greatly saddened, ascended to the upper room of the gate, and he wept. And as he went, he was speaking in this manner: "My son Absalom! Absalom my son! Who can grant to me that I may die on your behalf? Absalom, my son! My son, Absalom!"

And it happened that, when he had completed speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan adhered to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him like his own soul.

For if a man, at any time, will rise up, pursuing you and seeking your life, the life of my lord will be preserved, as if in the sheave of the living, with the Lord your God. But the lives of your enemies will be spun around, as if with the force of a whirling sling.




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