Parallel Verses
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.'
New American Standard Bible
But we said to my lord, ‘The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father,
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.
Holman Bible
But we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
International Standard Version
So we told Your Excellency, "The young man cannot leave his father, because if he were to do so, his father would die.'
A Conservative Version
And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
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.
Amplified
But we said to my lord, ‘The
Bible in Basic English
And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.
Darby Translation
And we said to my lord, The youth cannot leave his father: if he should leave his father, his father would die.
Julia Smith Translation
And we shall say to my lord, The youth will not be able to leave his. father; and did he leave his father, he died.
King James 2000
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then we said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father; if he should leave his father, then he would die.'
Modern King James verseion
And we said to my lord, The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, he would die.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And we answered my lord, that the lad could not go from his father, 'For if he should leave his father, he were but a dead man.'
NET Bible
We said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.'
New Heart 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.'
The Emphasized Bible
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father, - as surely as he leaveth his father, so surely will he, die.
Webster
And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
Youngs 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;
Interlinear
Yakol
`azab
'ab
אב
'ab
father, chief, families, desire, fatherless , forefathers , patrimony, prince, principal
Usage: 1214
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 44:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph Tests His Brothers
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.'
Cross References
Genesis 42:38
He said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."
Genesis 44:30
Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the boy's life;