Genesis 44:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’”
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“So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 44:22 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 42:38But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
- Genesis 44:30So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
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