Genesis 44:22

New English Translation

We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave.”

Genesis 44:21

“Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’

Genesis 44:23

But you said to your servants, ‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’

Genesis 44:30

“So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us – his very life is bound up in his son’s life.