We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’
Parallel Translations
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We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’
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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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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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Passages linked to Genesis 44:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 42:38 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.”
- Genesis 44:30 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;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 44:22 And we said unto my lord, The…
Gen 44:22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for [if] he should leave his father, [his father] would die.
Ver. 22. {See Trapp on "Gen 44:19"}
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And we said unto my lord, the lad cannot…
And we said unto my lord, the lad cannot leave his father,.... That is, his father will not be willing to part with him:
for if he should leave his father, his father would die; with grief and trouble, fearing some evil was befallen him, and he should see him no more.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 22. And we said, &c.] The substance of this…
22. And we said, &c.] The substance of this verse expresses more than Gen_42:20 (E). The expostulation here mentioned is not there recorded.
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