22We suggested to my lord: The boy cannot leave his father: for if he leave him, he will die.


In Context

19 My lord. Thou didst ask thy servants the first time: Have you a father or a brother?

20 And we answered thee, my lord: We have a father an old man, and a young boy, that was born in his old age; whose brother by the mother is dead: and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him tenderly.

21 And thou saidst to thy servants: Bring him hither to me, and I will set my eyes on him.

22 We suggested to my lord: The boy cannot leave his father: for if he leave him, he will die.

23 And thou saidst to thy servants: Except your youngest brother come with you, you shall see my face no more.

24 Therefore when we were gone up to thy servant our father, we told him all that my lord had said.

Genesis 44:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

44:22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for [if] he should leave his father, [his father] would die.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

44:22And we said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.'

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

44:22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

44:22And we said to my lord, The youth cannot leave his father: if he should leave his father, his father would die.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

44:22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

44:22And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

44:22We said to my lord, 'The boy can't leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

44:22and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

44:22And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.