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Genesis 44:34

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34For 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.

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Footnotes

  1. †Heb. find my father. Ex. 18:8. Num. 20:14. Job 31:29. Ps. 116:3. & 119:143.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would find my father.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.”

NLTNew Living Translation

For how can I return to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see the anguish this would cause my father!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For how can I go up to my father if the boy is not with me? I do not want to see the misery which will find my father.”