But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should come to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”
Genesis 44:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should do so, his father would die. American Standard Version (1901) And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. Common English Bible And we said to my master, ‘The young man can’t leave his father. If he leaves, his father will die.’ Catholic Public Domain Version We suggested to my lord: 'The boy is not able to leave his father. For if he sends him away, he will die.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version We suggested to my lord: The boy cannot leave his father; for if he leave him, he will die. |
But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should come to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”
Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, so that I may set my eyes on him.’
Then you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.’
Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy’s life,