Verse 22
Genesis 44:22
Noah Webster Bible
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And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/נֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל אֲדֹנִ֔/י לֹא יוּכַ֥ל הַ/נַּ֖עַר לַ/עֲזֹ֣ב אֶת אָבִ֑י/ו וְ/עָזַ֥ב אֶת אָבִ֖י/ו וָ/מֵֽת
English Translation
And we said to my lord, "The boy cannot leave his father, and if he leaves his father, he will die."
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Chapter 44 Context
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And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they c...
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And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money: and he did...
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As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they, and their asses.
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And when they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, Arise,...
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Is not this the cup in which my lord drinketh, and by which indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in...
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And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these same words.
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And they said to him, Why saith my lord these words? Far be it from us that thy servants should do a...
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Behold, the money which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again to thee from the land of Can...
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With whom soever of thy servants it shall be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's...
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And he said, Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom it shall be found, shall be my...
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Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
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And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjami...
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Then they rent their clothes, and loaded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
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And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house, (for he was yet there:) and they fell before him...
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And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that ye have done? knew ye not that such a man as I can c...
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And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves?...
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And he said, Far be it from me that I should do so: the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall...
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Then Judah came near to him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my...
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My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
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And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one: and...
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And thou saidst to thy servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes upon him.
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And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his fath...
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And thou saidst to thy servants, Except your youngest brother shall come down with you, ye shall see...
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And it came to pass, when we came to thy servant, my father, we told him the words of my lord.
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And our father said, Go again; buy us a little food.
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And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother shall be with us, then will we go down; for...
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And thy servant my father, said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons:
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And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since...
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And if ye take this also from me, and mischief shall befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs wi...
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Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; (seeing that his li...
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It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants...
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For thy servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, then I w...
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Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad, a bond-man to my lord; and let...
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For how shall I return to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that sh...
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