Genesis 44:30

New English Translation

“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.

Cross References

Genesis 44:17

But Joseph said, “Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace.”

Genesis 44:20

We said to my lord, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

Genesis 44:22

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

Genesis 44:31

When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.

Genesis 44:34

For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”

2 Samuel 18:33

(19:1) The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said, “My son, Absalom! My son, my son, Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!”

1 Samuel 18:1

When David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life.

1 Samuel 25:29

When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!