Genesis 44:22

Easy To Read Version

And we said to you, ‘That young boy can’t come. He can’t leave his father. If his father loses him, then his father would be so sad that he would die.’

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob said, “I will not let Benjamin go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only son left from my wife Rachel. It would kill me if anything happened to him during the trip to Egypt. You would send me to the grave [244] a very sad, old man.”

Genesis 44:21

Then you said to us, ‘Then bring that brother to me. I want to see him.’

Genesis 44:23

But you said to us, ‘You must bring your youngest brother or I will not sell you grain again.’

Genesis 44:30

Now, imagine what will happen when we go home without our youngest brother—that boy is the most important thing in our father’s life!