Verse 22

And we answered my lord, The childe can not depart from his father: for if he leaue his father, his father would die.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 42:38 : 38 But he sayd, My sonne shall not go downe with you: for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if death come vnto him by the way which ye goe, then ye shall bring my gray head with sorow vnto the graue.
• Gen 44:30 : 30 Nowe therefore, when I come to thy seruant my father, & the childe be not with vs (seeing that his life dependeth on the childes life)