Genesis 44:20-22

Revised Geneva Translation

²⁰ “And we answered my lord, ‘We have a father who is old, and a young child whom he begat in his old age. And his brother is dead; and he is the only surviving son of his mother. And his father loves him.’

²¹ “Now you said to your servants, ‘Bring him to me, so that I may set my eye upon him.’

²² “And we answered my lord, ‘The child cannot leave his father. For if he leaves him, his father will die.’