Verse Comparison: Genesis 44:22
American Standard Version
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
Amplified® Bible
And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should do so, his father would die.
Contemporary English Version
We told you that our father would die if Benjamin left him.
Darby English Version
And we said to my lord, The youth cannot leave his father: if he should leave his father, [his father] would die.
Good News Bible
and we answered that the boy could not leave his father; if he did, his father would die.
King 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.
New American Standard Bible
"But we said to my lord, `The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'
New International Version
And we said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.'
New King James Version
And we said to my lord, ‘The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But we said to my lord, 'The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'
Revised Standard Version
We said to my lord, 'The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'
Young's Literal Translation
and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;
