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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
Bible References
His father would die
Genesis 44:30
"So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us -- his very life is bound up in his son's life.
Genesis 42:38
But Jacob replied, "My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave."