Genesis 44:30

WEB

Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the boy's life;

KJV

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;

Commentary

Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father,.... That is, should he return to him in the land of Can aan with the rest of his brethren: and the lad be not with us; his brother Benjamin, so called here, and in the following verses, though thirty years of age and upwards, see Gen 43:8 , seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; he is as closely united to him in affection, and is as dear to him as his own soul; quite wrapped up in him, and cannot live without him; should he die, he must die too; see Sa1 18:1 ; so it follows: