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Genesis 44:34

Christian Standard Bible

34 For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the grief that would overwhelm my father.โ€

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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.

English Standard Version

For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would find my father.โ€

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.

New American Standard Bible

For how shall I go up to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear that I may see the evil that would overtake my father.โ€

New International Version

How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father.โ€

New King James Version

For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me, lest perhaps I see the evil that would come upon my father?โ€

New Living Translation

For how can I return to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldnโ€™t bear to see the anguish this would cause my father!โ€

World English Bible

For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isnโ€™t with me?โ€”lest I see the evil that will come on my father.โ€