Verse 30

So now, if I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us—since his life is so closely bound up with the boy's life—

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  • 1 Sam 18:1 : 1 When David had finished speaking to Saul, Jonathan's soul was deeply connected to David's, and Jonathan loved him as much as he loved his own life.
  • 1 Sam 25:29 : 29 Even though someone pursues you to take your life, the life of my lord will be securely bound in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God. But the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling.
  • Gen 44:17 : 17 But Joseph said, "Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose possession the cup was found will be my slave. As for the rest of you, go back to your father in peace."
  • Gen 44:31 : 31 it will happen that when he sees the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought down the gray hair of your servant, our father, in sorrow to the grave.
  • Gen 44:34 : 34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I could not bear to see the misery that would come upon my father.