Bible verse
So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
Genesis 44:22 · BSB
The verses around it, from Genesis 44.
18 Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
19 My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
20 And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. 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 that I can see him for myself.’
22 So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
23 But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
24 Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
25 Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’
26 But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’
KJV
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for [if] he should leave his father, [his father] would die.
ASV
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
ERV
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
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