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Genesis 44:34

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

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Genesis 44:34 — English Standard Version (ESV)

34 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.”

Genesis 44:34 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

34 For 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.

Genesis 44:34 — New Living Translation (NLT)

34 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!”

Genesis 44:34 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

34 For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me, lest perhaps I see the evil that would come upon my father?”

Genesis 44:34 — New Century Version (NCV)

34 I cannot go back to my father if the boy is not with me. I couldn’t stand to see my father that sad.”

Genesis 44:34 — American Standard Version (ASV)

34 For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.

Genesis 44:34 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

34 for how should I go up to my father if the lad were not with me? —lest I see the evil that would come on my father.

Genesis 44:34 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

34 How could I go back to my father if the boy isn’t with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s misery!” 

Genesis 44:34 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

34 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.”

Genesis 44:34 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the suffering that would come upon my father.”

Genesis 44:34 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

34 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.”

Genesis 44:34 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

34 How can I go back to my father if the boy isn’t with me? Don’t let me see the pain and suffering that would come to my father.”

Genesis 44:34 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

34 “For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me—for fear that I see the evil that would overtake my father?”


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