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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 44:22

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And we said unto my lord, the lad cannot leave his father, etc.] That is, his father will not be willing to part with him: for [if] he should leave his father, [his father] would die; with grief and trouble, fearing some evil was befallen him, and he should see him no more.
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