Genesis 44:30-32

New Living Translation

³⁰“And now, my lord, I cannot go back to my father without the boy. Our father’s life is bound up in the boy’s life. ³¹If he sees that the boy is not with us, our father will die. We, your servants, will indeed be responsible for sending that grieving, white-haired man to his grave. ³²My lord, I guaranteed to my father that I would take care of the boy. I told him, ‘If I don’t bring him back to you, I will bear the blame forever.’

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Genesis 44:30-32

New International Version

³⁰“So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant my father,^(A) and if my father, whose life is closely bound up with the boy’s life,^(B) ³¹sees that the boy isn’t there, he will die.^(C) Your servants^(D) will bring the gray head of our father down to the grave^(E) in sorrow. ³²Your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father. I said, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, I will bear the blame before you, my father, all my life!’^(F)

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Genesis 44:30-32

King James Version

³⁰Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

³¹It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

³²For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

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Genesis 44:30-32

New King James Version

³⁰“Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since ^(A)his life is bound up in the lad’s life, ³¹it 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. ³²For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, ^(B)‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father forever.’

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Genesis 44:30-32

English Standard Version

³⁰“Now therefore, as soon as I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy's life, ³¹as soon as he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol. ³²For your servant became a pledge of safety for the boy to my father, saying, ^(A)‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.’

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