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.
Genesis 44:22 in other translations
| BSB | So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’ |
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| WEB | We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t 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. |
| 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; |
| DARBY | And we said to my lord, The youth cannot leave his father: if he should leave his father, his father would die. |
| BBE | And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death. |
| Webster | And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his father would die. |
What does Genesis 44:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 44:16-34
16-34. Judah said, What shall we say?--This address needs no comment--consisting at first of short, broken sentences, as if, under the overwhelming force of the speaker's emotions, his utterance were choked, it becomes more free and copious by the effort of speaking, as he proceeds. Every word finds its way to the heart; and it may well be imagined that Benjamin, who stood there speechless like a victim about to be…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 44:18-34
Had Joseph been, as Judah supposed him, an utter stranger to the family, he could not but be wrought upon by his powerful reasonings. But neither Jacob nor Benjamin need an intercessor with Joseph; for he himself loved them. Judah's faithful cleaving to Benjamin, now, in his distress, was recompensed long afterwards by the tribe of Benjamin keeping with the tribe of Judah, when the other tribes deserted it. The…
Genesis 44:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 44:22
- 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;
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Context
- Genesis 44:21
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
- 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.
- Genesis 44:23
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
Genesis 44:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y nosotros dijimos á mi señor: El mozo no puede dejar á su padre, porque si le dejare, su padre morirá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et nous avons dit à mon seigneur: Le jeune homme ne peut quitter son père; s’il le quitte, son père mourra. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wir sprachen zu meinem Herrn: Der Knabe kann seinen Vater nicht verlassen; verließe er seinen Vater, so stürbe er. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Suggessimus domino meo: Non potest puer relinquere patrem suum: si enim illum dimiserit, morietur. |