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 only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

Genesis 44:30

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

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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 servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
Genesis 42:38
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

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