Genesis 44:22

New Living Translation

But we said to you, ‘My lord, the boy cannot leave his father, for his father would die.’

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down with you. His brother Joseph is dead, and he is all I have left. If anything should happen to him on your journey, you would send this grieving, white-haired man to his grave.”

Genesis 44:21

“And you said to us, ‘Bring him here so I can see him with my own eyes.’

Genesis 44:23

But you told us, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes with you, you will never see my face again.’

Genesis 44:30

“And now, my lord, I cannot go back to my father without the boy. Our father’s life is bound up in the boy’s life.