Genesis 44:30

30 "So, if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us-his life is wrapped up with the boy's life-

Genesis 44:30 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 44:30

Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father
That is, should he return to him in the land of Canaan 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 ( Genesis 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 ( 1 Samuel 18:1 ) ; so it follows:

Genesis 44:30 In-Context

28 One left-I said that he must have been torn to pieces-and I have never seen him again.

29 If you also take this one from me and anything happens to him, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.'

30 "So, if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us-his life is wrapped up with the boy's life-

31 when he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hairs of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.

32 Your servant became accountable to my father for the boy, saying, 'If I do not return him to you, I will always bear the guilt for sinning against [you,] my father.'