Genesis 44:22

The English Standar Version

We said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

But he said, "My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."

Genesis 44:21

Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.'

Genesis 44:23

Then you said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall not see my face again.'

Genesis 44:30

"Now therefore, as soon as I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy's life,