Genesis 44:22
And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.
Genesis 42:38
And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.
Genesis 44:30
If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,
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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
If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,
Genesis 42:38
And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.