Genesis 44:22

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

Genesis 45:28

45:28 Then Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die.”


tn Heb “he”; the referent (the boy’s father, i.e., Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn The last two verbs are perfect tenses with vav consecutive. The first is subordinated to the second as a conditional clause.