Then Joseph said, ‘I swear that I will not do this. The man in whose possession the cup was found will be my slave. The rest of you can go in peace to your father.’
Genesis 44:30 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘So if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us #– #his life is wrapped up with the boy’s life #– # Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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): |
Then Joseph said, ‘I swear that I will not do this. The man in whose possession the cup was found will be my slave. The rest of you can go in peace to your father.’
and we answered my lord, “We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.”
But we said to my lord, “The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.”
when he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the grey hairs of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the grief that would overwhelm my father.’
The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber above the city gate and wept. As he walked, he cried, ‘My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son! ’
When David had finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan was bound to David in close friendship, and loved him as much as he loved himself.
‘Someone is pursuing you and intends to take your life. My lord’s life is tucked safely in the place where the Lord your God protects the living, but he is flinging away your enemies’ lives like stones from a sling.