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Genesis 44:34

New Living Translation

34 For how can I return to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see the anguish this would cause my father!”

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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.

Christian Standard Bible

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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?”

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.”