Genesis 44:22
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
Genesis 42:38
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; if some disaster should befall him by the way in which ye go, then shall ye bring my gray hairs with sorrow down to Sheol.
Genesis 44:30
Now therefore when I come to thy slave my father, and the lad is not with us, seeing that his soul is bound up in the lad's soul,
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And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
His father would die
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His father would die
Genesis 44:30
Now therefore when I come to thy slave my father, and the lad is not with us, seeing that his soul is bound up in the lad's soul,
Genesis 42:38
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; if some disaster should befall him by the way in which ye go, then shall ye bring my gray hairs with sorrow down to Sheol.