Genesis 44:34 - Compare All Versions

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“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!”

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.

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?”

I cannot go back to my father if the boy is not with me. I couldn’t stand to see my father that sad.”

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.

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.”

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?”

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]?”

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!”

“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.”

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.”