Genesis 44:22

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father, - as surely as he leaveth his father, so surely will he, 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, and as surely as there befall him any mischief by the way wherein ye go, so surely shall ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow unto hades.

Genesis 44:30

Now, therefore, as surely as I go in unto thy servant my father, and, the lad, is not with us, - seeing that his soul is bound up with the lads 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, as surely as I go in unto thy servant my father, and, the lad, is not with us, - seeing that his soul is bound up with the lads 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, and as surely as there befall him any mischief by the way wherein ye go, so surely shall ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow unto hades.