Genesis 44:22
And we answered my lord, that the lad could not go from his father, 'For if he should leave his father, he were but a dead man.'
Genesis 42:38
And he said, "My son shall not go down with you. For his brother is dead, and he is left alone. Moreover, some misfortune might happen upon him by the way which ye go. And so should ye bring my gray head with sorrow unto the grave."
Genesis 44:30
Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father, if the lad be not with me - seeing that his life hangeth by 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, if the lad be not with me - seeing that his life hangeth by 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 is left alone. Moreover, some misfortune might happen upon him by the way which ye go. And so should ye bring my gray head with sorrow unto the grave."