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22 We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father[a] will die.’[b]

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  1. Genesis 44:22 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the boy’s father, i.e., Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Genesis 44:22 tn The last two verbs are perfect tenses with vav consecutive. The first is subordinated to the second as a conditional clause.