Genesis 44:22
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
Cross-references
Genesis 44:30
Parallel
Genesis 44:30 restates the same concern about the father's life being bound to the boy's, echoing 44:22.
Genesis 42:38
Citation
In Genesis 42:38, Jacob refuses to send Benjamin, fearing his death; here the brothers quote that fear to Joseph.