Genesis 44:22

New International Version

And we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.’

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob said, “My son will not go down there with you; his brother is dead and he is the only one left. If harm comes to him on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in sorrow.”

Genesis 44:21

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

Genesis 44:23

But you told your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’

Genesis 44:30

“So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant my father, and if my father, whose life is closely bound up with the boy’s life,