“And now, please let your servant remain instead of the boy as a slave to my master, and let the boy go up with his brothers.
Genesis 44:34 - The Scriptures 2009 “For how do I go up to my father if the boy is not with me, lest I see the evil that would come upon my father?” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For how can I go up to my father if the lad is not with me?–lest I witness the woe and the evil that will come upon my father. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible How can I go back to my father without the young man? I couldn’t bear to see how badly my father would be hurt.” Catholic Public Domain Version For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I appear as a witness to the calamity that will oppress my father." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I be a witness of the calamity that will oppress my father. |
“And now, please let your servant remain instead of the boy as a slave to my master, and let the boy go up with his brothers.
And Yosĕph was unable to restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he called out, “Have everyone go out from me!” So no one stood with him while Yosĕph made himself known to his brothers.
“See, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your burial-site in peace, so that your eyes would not see all the evil that I am bringing on this place and its inhabitants.” ’ ” So they brought back word to the sovereign.
“For how could I bear to see the evil coming to my people? Or how could I bear to see the destruction of my relatives?”
If I have rejoiced when he who hated me was ruined, or lifted myself up when evil found him –
The cords of death were around me, And the pains of She’ol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.
And Mosheh told his father-in-law all that יהוה had done to Pharaoh and to the Mitsrites for Yisra’ĕl’s sake, all the hardship that had come upon them on the way, and how יהוה had delivered them.