Genesis 44:22
And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.
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- Gen 42:38 : 38 And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.
- Gen 44:30 : 30 If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,
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- Gen 44:19-213 verses87%
19My lord said to his servants, Have you a father or a brother?
20And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father.
21And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.
- Gen 44:23-3412 verses85%
23But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again.
24And when we went back to your servant, our father, we gave him an account of my lord's words.
25And our father said, Go again and get us a little food.
26And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us.
27And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons;
28The one went away from me, and I said, Truly he has come to a violent death; and from that time I have not seen him,
29If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.
30If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,
31When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.
32For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.
33So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.
34For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?
- Gen 43:7-93 verses81%
7Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.
8Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.
9Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.
- Gen 42:36-383 verses80%
36And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.
37And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.
38And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.
- Gen 42:32-332 verses78%
32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.
33And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;
- Gen 43:3-53 verses78%
3If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food:
4But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You are not to come before me if your brother is not with you.
5And Israel said, Why were you so cruel to me as to say to him that you had a brother?
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7And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:
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17Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.
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13Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.
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20And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you will not be put to death. This is what you are to do.
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14So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.
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13Give my father word of all my glory in Egypt and of all you have seen; and come back quickly with my father.
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5My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.
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13But Jacob said, My lord may see that the children are only small, and there are young ones in my flocks and herds: one day's over-driving will be the destruction of all the flock.
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13And that you will keep safe my father and mother and my brothers and sisters and all they have, so that death may not come on us?
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16So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying,