Genesis 44:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

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  • Gen 42:38 : 38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left: if harm befalls him on the journey in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
  • Gen 44:30 : 30 Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

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  • Gen 44:19-21
    3 verses
    87%

    19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Do you have a father or a brother?

    20 And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.

    21 And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes upon him.

  • Gen 44:23-34
    12 verses
    85%

    23 And you said to your servants, Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.

    24 And it came to pass when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

    25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

    26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man's face, unless our youngest brother is with us.

    27 And your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons:

    28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since:

    29 And if you take this also from me, and harm befalls him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

    30 Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

    31 It shall come to pass, when he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and your servants shall bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

    32 For your servant became a guarantee for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever.

    33 Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant stay instead of the lad as a slave to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brothers.

    34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad is not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that shall come upon my father.

  • Gen 43:7-9
    3 verses
    81%

    7 And they said, The man asked us specifically about our state and kindred, saying, Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother? And we answered him according to these words: could we know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

    8 And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, you, and also our little ones.

    9 I will be surety for him; from my hand you shall require him: if I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever:

  • Gen 42:36-38
    3 verses
    80%

    36 And Jacob their father said to them, You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

    37 And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I do not bring him back to you: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him back to you again.

    38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left: if harm befalls him on the journey in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • Gen 42:32-33
    2 verses
    78%

    32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

    33 And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, Hereby shall I know that you are honest men; leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

  • Gen 43:3-5
    3 verses
    78%

    3 And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly warned us, saying, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.

    4 If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food:

    5 But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.

  • Gen 44:7
    75%

    7 And they said to him, Why does my lord say these words? God forbid that your servants should do such a thing as this:

  • Gen 44:17
    75%

    17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, go up in peace to your father.

  • Gen 42:13
    75%

    13 And they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.

  • Gen 42:20
    75%

    20 But bring your youngest brother to me; so shall your words be proven true, and you shall not die. And they did so.

  • Gen 43:14
    75%

    14 And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

  • Gen 45:13
    74%

    13 And you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen; and you shall hurry and bring my father down here.

  • Gen 50:5
    74%

    5 My father made me swear, saying, Behold, I die: in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again.

  • Gen 33:13
    73%

    13 And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me; and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

  • Josh 2:13
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    13 And that you will save my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

  • Gen 50:16
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    16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Your father did command before he died, saying,