Genesis 44:34 - Compare All Versions
Genesis 44:33-34 MSG (The Message)
“So let me stay here as your slave, not this boy. Let the boy go back with his brothers. How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? Oh, don’t make me go back and watch my father die in grief!”
Genesis 44:34 KJV (King James Version)
For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
Genesis 44:34 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me—for fear that I see the evil that would overtake my father?”
Genesis 44:34 NCV (New Century Version)
I cannot go back to my father if the boy is not with me. I couldn’t stand to see my father that sad.”
Genesis 44:34 ASV (American Standard Version)
For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.
Genesis 44:34 NIV (New International Version)
How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father.”
Genesis 44:34 NKJV (New King James Version)
For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me, lest perhaps I see the evil that would come upon my father?”
Genesis 44:34 AMP (Amplified Bible)
How can I go up to my father if the young man is not with me—for fear that I would see the tragedy that would overtake my [elderly] father [if Benjamin does not return]?”
Genesis 44:34 NLT (New Living Translation)
For how can I return to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see the anguish this would cause my father!”
Genesis 44:33-34 TPT (The Passion Translation)
“So, please let me take the place of the boy, and I will remain here as a slave to you, my lord. Please let the boy go back with his brothers. How could I return to my father without the boy? I don’t want to witness the woe and grief that would overtake my father.”
Genesis 44:34 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would find my father.”