Genesis 44:30

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

Cross References

1 Samuel 18:1

Saul decided to take David with him. He would not let David go back home to his father. After David finished talking with Saul, Jonathan developed a strong friendship with David.

2 Samuel 18:33

So the king knew Absalom was dead and he became very upset. He went upstairs to the room over the gate, crying, “O my son Absalom! My son Absalom, I wish I had died instead of you! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

1 Samuel 25:29

If someone chases you to kill you, the Lord your God will save your life. But he will throw away your enemies like a stone from a sling.

Genesis 44:34

I cannot go back to my father if the boy is not with me. I am very afraid of what would happen to my father.”

Genesis 44:31

Our father will die if he sees that the boy isn’t with us—and it will be our fault. We will send our father to his grave a very sad man.

Genesis 44:17

But Joseph said, “I will not make you all slaves! Only the man who stole the cup will be my slave. You others can go in peace to your father.”

Genesis 44:20

And we answered you, ‘We have a father—he is an old man. And we have a younger brother. Our father loves him because he was born while our father was old. This youngest son’s brother is dead, so he is the only son who is left from that mother. Our father loves him very much.’

Genesis 44:22

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