Genesis 44:34
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
32 For 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.
33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
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 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn’t with me?—lest I see the evil that will come on my father.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For how shall I return to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that shall come on my father.