"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

Genesis 44:22 · KJV

“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

Verse 21

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

Verse 23

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

Genesis 44 — Context

And we said unto 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 loveth him.

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

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

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Genesis 44:30

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad {be} not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;