Genesis 44:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

We told you that our father would die if Benjamin left him.

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob said, “I won't let my son Benjamin go down to Egypt with the rest of you. His brother is already dead, and he is the only son I have left. I am an old man, and if anything happens to him on the way, I'll die from sorrow, and all of you will be to blame.”

Genesis 44:21

You ordered us to bring him here, so you could see him for yourself.

Genesis 44:23

But you warned us that we could never see you again, unless our youngest brother came with us.

Genesis 44:30

That's why Benjamin must be with us when I go back to my father. He loves him so much