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Genesis 44:30

What does Genesis 44:30 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 44:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Therefore, if I shall go to thy servant, our father, and the boy be wanting, (whereas his life dependeth upon the life of him,)

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And now, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us, — seeing that his life is bound up with his life,

Context

v.29and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

v.30This passage

v.31it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 44:34

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 18:1

    And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

  • Genesis 44:17

    And he said, Far be it from me that I should do so: the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.

  • 1 Samuel 25:29

    And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.

  • Genesis 44:31

    it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

  • 2 Samuel 18:33

    And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

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