Genesis 44:22 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 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.

KJV

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ASV

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

WEB

So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’

YLT

and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;

DBT

And we said to my lord, The youth cannot leave his father: if he should leave his father, [his father] would die.

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Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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Genesis 42:38
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis 44:30
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Joseph's behavior must not be viewed from any single point, or in separate parts, but as a whole--a well-thought, deep-laid, closely connected plan; and though some features of it do certainly exhibit an appearance of harshness, yet the pervading principle of his conduct was real, genuine, brotherly kindness.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

And for which he would search thoroughly - So it may be rendered. God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants - Referring to the injury they had formerly done to Joseph, for which they thought God was now reckoning with them. Even in those afflictions wherein we apprehend ourselves wronged by men, yet we must own that God is righteous, and finds out our iniquity.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

): " If he should leave his father, his father would die; much more if now he be left behind, never more to return to him." This the old man, of whom they spoke, had pleaded against his going down: If mischief befal him, you shall bring down my gray hairs, that crown of glory, with sorrow to the grave,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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