Genesis 44:22 - Easy To Read Version

²² And we said to you, ‘That young boy can’t come. He can’t leave his father. If his father loses him, then his father would be so sad that he would die.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should do so, his father would die.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

Common English Bible

²² And we said to my master, ‘The young man can’t leave his father. If he leaves, his father will die.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² We suggested to my lord: 'The boy is not able to leave his father. For if he sends him away, he will die.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² We suggested to my lord: The boy cannot leave his father; for if he leave him, he will die.

Genesis 44:22 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob said, “I will not let Benjamin go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only son left from my wife Rachel. It would kill me if anything happened to him during the trip to Egypt. You would send me to the grave [244] a very sad, old man.”

Genesis 44:21

Then you said to us, ‘Then bring that brother to me. I want to see him.’

Genesis 44:23

But you said to us, ‘You must bring your youngest brother or I will not sell you grain again.’

Genesis 44:30

Now, imagine what will happen when we go home without our youngest brother—that boy is the most important thing in our father’s life!