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Sforno on Genesis 42:20/ספורנו על בראשית מ״ב:כ׳

אוְלֹא תָמוּתוּ. כִּי גַּם בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן אוּכַל לַהֲמִיתְכֶם אִם לֹא תָבֹאוּ:
1ולא תמותו, he meant that they would not die here, as he was able to have them killed also in the land of Canaan if they would not come back of their own free will.