Genesis 44:20-22
Lexham English Bible
20 And we said to my lord, ‘We have an aged father, and a younger brother, the child of his old age, and his brother died, and he alone remains from his mother, and his father loves him.’ 21 Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me that I may set my eyes upon him.’ 22 Then we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he should leave his father, then he[a] would die.’
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- Genesis 44:22 That is, the father (Jacob/Israel)
Genesis 44:20-22
New International Version
20 And we answered, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age.(A) His brother is dead,(B) and he is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’(C)
21 “Then you said to your servants,(D) ‘Bring him down to me so I can see him for myself.’(E) 22 And we said to my lord,(F) ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.’(G)
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