Genesis 44:22
World English Bible (WEB)
We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’
In context
20 We said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.’
21 You said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’
22 We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’
23 You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.’
24 When we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
Genesis 44:22 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’
- KJV 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
- ASV 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.
- YLT 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;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And we said to my lord, The youth cannot leave his father: if he should leave his father, [his father] would die.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his father would die.