Genesis 44:22 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 44:22

20 And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and ^aa child of his old age, who is young; his brother is ^bdead, and he ^calone is left of his mother’s children, and his ^dfather loves him.’

21 Then you said to your servants, ^a‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’

22 And we said to my lord, ^a‘The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

23 But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.’

24 “So it was, when we went up to your servant my father, that we told him the words of my lord.

25 And ^aour father said, ‘Go back and buy us a little food.’

26 But we said, ‘We cannot go down; if our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we may not see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’

27 Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that ^amy wife bore me two sons;

28 and the one went out from me, and I said, ^a“Surely he is torn to pieces”; and I have not seen him since.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 44:22

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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;

New English Translation
We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father¹ will die.’²

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