Gen 44:22 | NETfull | 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 ^{▼▼ Heb “he”; the referent (the boy’s father, i.e., Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} will die.’ ^{▼▼ The last two verbs are perfect tenses with vav consecutive. The first is subordinated to the second as a conditional clause.}