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Genesis 44:22

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We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

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Genesis 44:22 in other translations

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

Genesis 44:22 · American Standard Version

Genesis 44:22 in context

  1. 20We said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.’
  2. 21You said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’
  3. 22We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’
  4. 23You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.’
  5. 24When we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.