Genesis 44:30
New International Version
“So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant my father, and if my father, whose life is closely bound up with the boy’s life,

New Living Translation
“And now, my lord, I cannot go back to my father without the boy. Our father’s life is bound up in the boy’s life.

English Standard Version
“Now therefore, as soon as I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy’s life,

Berean Standard Bible
So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,

King James Bible
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;

New King James Version
“Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad’s life,

New American Standard Bible
So now, when I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us—since our father’s life is so attached to the boy’s life—

NASB 1995
“Now, therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad’s life,

NASB 1977
“Now, therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad’s life,

Legacy Standard Bible
So now, when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us—and his life is bound up in the boy’s life—

Amplified Bible
Now, therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the young man is not with us, since his life is bound up in the young man’s life,

Christian Standard Bible
“So if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us—his life is wrapped up with the boy’s life—

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us—his life is wrapped up with the boy’s life—

American Standard Version
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;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And now when we go to your Servant, our father, and the boy is not with us, and his soul is beloved to him as himself;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Now then, if I should go in to they servant, and our father, and the boy should not be with us, (and his life depends on this lad's life)

Contemporary English Version
That's why Benjamin must be with us when I go back to my father. He loves him so much

Douay-Rheims Bible
30Therefore if I shall go to thy servant our father, and the boy be wanting, (whereas his life dependeth upon the life of him,)

English Revised Version
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;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Our father's life is wrapped up with the boy's life. If I come [home] without the boy

International Standard Version
"So when I go back to your servant, my father, and the young man isn't with us, since he's constantly living life focused on his son,

JPS Tanakh 1917
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his soul is bound up with the lad's soul;

Literal Standard Version
And now, at my coming to your servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),

Majority Standard Bible
So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,

New American Bible
“So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant my father, whose very life is bound up with his, he will die as soon as he sees that the boy is missing;

NET Bible
"So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us--his very life is bound up in his son's life.

New Revised Standard Version
Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy’s life,

New Heart English Bible
So now, 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,

Webster's Bible Translation
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)

World English Bible
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;

Young's Literal Translation
'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),

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Judah Pleads for Benjamin
29Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’ 30So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life, 31sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.…

Cross References
Genesis 44:20
And we answered, 'We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy's brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother's sons left, and his father loves him.'

1 Samuel 18:1
After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.


Treasury of Scripture

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

When I.

Genesis 44:17,31,34
And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father…

his life

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.

1 Samuel 25:29
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

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 God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So
וְעַתָּ֗ה (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

if the boy
וְהַנַּ֖עַר (wə·han·na·‘ar)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

is not
אֵינֶ֣נּוּ (’ê·nen·nū)
Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

with us
אִתָּ֑נוּ (’it·tā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

when I return
כְּבֹאִי֙ (kə·ḇō·’î)
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

your servant,
עַבְדְּךָ֣ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

my father—
אָבִ֔י (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1: Father

his life
וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ (wə·nap̄·šōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

is wrapped up
קְשׁוּרָ֥ה (qə·šū·rāh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 7194: To tie, gird, confine, compact, in love, league

in the boy’s life—
בְנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ (ḇə·nap̄·šōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion


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