Genesis 44:22
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordAnd 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
In other translations
World English Bible (WEB)
We said to my lord, 'The boy can't leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'
American Standard Version (ASV)
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;