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Genesis 44:22 KJV
Genesis · chapter 44 · verse 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 · King James Version
Genesis 44:22 in context
20And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
21And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
23And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
24And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- cannotyâkôlto be able, literally or morallyH3201 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- leaveʻâzabto loosenH5800 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- lordʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
- ladnaʻara boy , from the age of infancy to adolescenceH5288 →
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We have here a most ingenious and pathetic speech which Judah made to Joseph on Benjamin's behalf, to obtain his discharge from the sentence passed upon him. Perhaps Judah was a better friend to Benjamin than the rest were, and more solicitous to bring him off;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-34