Gen 44:22 | NET2full | STEP | We said to my lord , ‘The boy cannot leave his father . If he leaves his father , his father will die .’

‏ Genesis 44:22

22 We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father ^{▼▼tn Heb “he”; the referent (the boy’s father, i.e., Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} will die.’ ^{▼▼tn The last two verbs are perfect tenses with vav consecutive. The first is subordinated to the second as a conditional clause.}