Genesis 44:22
We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’
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- Gen 42:38 : 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.”
- Gen 44:30 : 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.
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- Gen 44:19-213 verses87%
19My lord asked his servants,‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
20We said to my lord,‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
21“Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’
- Gen 44:23-3412 verses85%
23But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’
24When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25“Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’
26But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’
27“Then your servant my father said to us,‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.
28The first disappeared and I said,“He has surely been torn to pieces.” I have not seen him since.
29If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.’
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.
31When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.
32Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’
33“So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.
34For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”
- Gen 43:7-93 verses81%
7They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”
8Then Judah said to his father Israel,“Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die– we and you and our little ones.
9I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.
- Gen 42:36-383 verses80%
36Their father Jacob said to them,“You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me.”
37Then Reuben said to his father,“You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you.”
38But 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.”
- Gen 42:32-332 verses78%
32We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.’
33“Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.
- Gen 43:3-53 verses78%
3But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
4If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.
5But if you will not send him, we won’t go down there because the man said to us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’”
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7They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
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17But Joseph said,“Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace.”
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13They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”
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20But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.
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14May the Sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”
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13So tell my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!”
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5‘My father made me swear an oath. He said,“I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”
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13But Jacob said to him,“My lord knows that the children are young, and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die.
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13that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death.”
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16So they sent word to Joseph, saying,“Your father gave these instructions before he died: