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Genesis 44:30

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Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

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  1. Genesis 44:28

    And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:

  2. Genesis 44:29

    And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  3. Genesis 44:31

    It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

  4. Genesis 44:32

    For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

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