Genesis 44:26 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 44:26

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.

29 But if you ^atake this one also from me, and calamity befalls him, you shall bring down my gray hair with sorrow to the grave.’

30 “Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since ^ahis life is bound up in the lad’s life,

31 it will happen, when he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die. So your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

32 For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, ^a‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father forever.’

33 Now therefore, please ^alet your servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.

34 For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me, lest perhaps I see the evil that would¹ come upon my father?”

Verse Comparison: Genesis 44:26

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American Standard 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, expect our youngest brother be with us.

Amplified® Bible
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 except our youngest brother is with us.

Contemporary English Version
But we answered, "We can't go back to Egypt without our youngest brother. We will never be let in to see the governor, unless he is with us."

Darby English Version
But we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.

Good News Bible
We answered, 'We cannot go; we will not be admitted to the man's presence unless our youngest brother is with us. We can go only if our youngest brother goes also.'

King 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.

New American Standard Bible
"But we said, `We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'

New International Version
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.'

New King James Version
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.’

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother comes with us, then we will go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother comes with us.'

Revised 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.'

Young's Literal Translation
and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man's face, and our young brother not with us.

New English Translation
But we replied, ‘We cannot go down there.¹ If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go,² for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’

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