But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the one in whose possession the cup was found shall be my slave, but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”
Genesis 44:30 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 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, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad's life and his soul knit with the lad's soul, American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life; Common English Bible When I now go back to your servant my father without the young man—whose life is so bound up with his— Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, if I would have gone to your servant, our father, with the boy not present, (though his life depends upon the life of him) Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore if I shall go to thy servant our father, and the boy be wanting (whereas his life dependeth upon the life of him): |
But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the one in whose possession the cup was found shall be my slave, but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”
And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the child of his old age. His brother is dead; he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’
We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’
when he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.
For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the suffering that would come upon my father.”
The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept, and as he went he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
If anyone should rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living under the care of the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.