^44:26But we replied, ‘We cannot go down there.⁴¹ If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go,⁴² for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’

Read in Logos

Footnotes

41 The direct object is not specified in the Hebrew text, but is implied; “there” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
42 Heb “go down.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

we said, ‘We cannot go down. If our youngest brother goes with us, then we will go down. For we cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But we said, ‘We cannot go down. Only if our youngest brother is with us will we go. We cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

We told him, ‘We cannot go down unless our younger brother goes with us. If our younger brother isn’t with us, we cannot see the man.’

NLTNew Living Translation

we replied, ‘We can’t go unless you let our youngest brother go with us. We’ll never get to see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

then we said, ‘We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we shall go down. For we will not be able to see the face of the man unless our youngest brother is with us.’

KJV 1900King James Version

And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.

Public Domain