Genesis 44:22

We said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'

Genesis 42:38

But he said, "My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."

Genesis 44:30

"Now therefore, as soon as I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy'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, as soon as I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy's life,
Genesis 42:38
But he said, "My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."

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