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


In Context

19 My lord asked his servants, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'

20 And we answered, 'We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother's sons left, and his father loves him.'

21 "Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me so I can see him for myself.'

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

23 But you told your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.'

24 When we went back to your servant my father, we told him what 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

44:22We suggested to my lord: The boy cannot leave his father: for if he leave him, he 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.