Genesis 44:22

In 11 translations

BSB

So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’

KJV

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

WEB

We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

ASV

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

LSV

and we say to my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he has left his father, then he has died;

YLT

and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;

DBY

And we said to my lord, The youth cannot leave his father: if he should leave his father, [his father] would die.

DRC

We suggested to my lord: The boy cannot leave his father: for if he leave him, he will die.

GNV

And we answered my lord, The childe can not depart from his father: for if he leaue his father, his father would die.

JPS

And we said unto my lord: The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

LXXE

And we said to my lord, The child will not be able to leave his father; but if he should leave his father, he will die.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַנֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֔י לֹא־יוּכַ֥ל הַנַּ֖עַר לַעֲזֹ֣ב אֶת־אָבִ֑יו וְעָזַ֥ב אֶת־אָבִ֖יו וָמֵֽת׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἴπαμεν τῷ κυρίῳ, οὐ δυνήσεται τὸ παιδίον καταλιπεῖν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ· ἐὰν δὲ καταλείπῃ τὸν πατέρα, ἀποθανεῖται.

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• Genesis 42:38But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
• Genesis 44:30So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,

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