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Genesis 44:22

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44:22We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father39 will die.’40

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Footnotes

  1. 39 Heb “he”; the referent (the boy’s father, i.e., Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 40 The last two verbs are perfect tenses with vav consecutive. The first is subordinated to the second as a conditional clause.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’

NLTNew Living Translation

But we said to you, ‘My lord, the boy cannot leave his father, for his father would die.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he should leave his father, then he would die.’

KJV 1900King James Version

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.