Genesis 44:22

Then we said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father; if he should leave his father, then he would die.'

Genesis 42:38

But he said, "My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone remains. [If] harm meets him on the journey that you would take, you would bring down my gray head in sorrow to Sheol."

Genesis 44:30

So now, when I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us--now his life is bound up with his 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
So now, when I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us--now his life is bound up with his life--
Genesis 42:38
But he said, "My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone remains. [If] harm meets him on the journey that you would take, you would bring down my gray head in sorrow to Sheol."