Verse 22

We said to my lord, 'The boy can't leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'

Referenced Verses

• Gen 42:38 : 38 He said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."
• Gen 44:30 : 30 Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the boy's life;