But Joseph said, “I will not make you all slaves! Only the man who stole the cup will be my slave. You others can go in peace to your father.”
Genesis 44:30 - Easy To Read Version Now, imagine what will happen when we go home without our youngest brother—that boy is the most important thing in our father’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): |
But Joseph said, “I will not make you all slaves! Only the man who stole the cup will be my slave. You others can go in peace to your father.”
And we answered you, ‘We have a father—he is an old man. And we have a young brother. Our father loves that son because he was born while our father was old. And that young son’s brother is dead. So this is the only son that is left born from that mother. Our father loves him very much.’
And we said to you, ‘That young boy can’t come. He can’t leave his father. If his father loses him, then his father would be so sad that he would die.’
Our father will die if he sees that the boy isn’t with us—and it will be our fault! We will send our father to his grave a very sad man!
I can’t go back to my father if the boy is not with me. I am very afraid of what would happen to my father.”
{Then the king knew Absalom was dead}. The king was very upset. He went up to the room over the gate and cried. He kept crying again and again as he walked to that room. He was saying, “O my son Absalom, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you. O Absalom, my son, my son!”
As soon as David finished talking with Saul, Jonathan developed a strong bond with David. [164] Jonathan loved David as much as he loved himself.
If a person chases you to kill you, the Lord your God will save your life! But the Lord will throw away your enemies like a stone from a sling! [201]