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Genesis 44:30

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “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,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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)
Darby's Translation (DBY 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,
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Now, therefore, as surely as I go in unto thy servant my father, and, the lad, is not, with us,—seeing that his soul is bound up with [the lad's] soul,
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— '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),
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Therefore, if I shall go to thy servant, our father, and the boy be wanting, (whereas his life dependeth upon the life of him,)
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Nowe therefore, when I come to thy seruant my father, ? the childe be not with vs (seeing that his life dependeth on the childes life)
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Now therefore when I come to thy seruant my father, and the lad [bee] not with vs; (seeing that his life is bound vp in the lads life.)
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Now therefore when we come to your servant our father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is dear to him like his own life;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— 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)
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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;

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Now x6258
(6258) Complement
אַתָּה
`attah
{at-taw'}
From H6256; at this time, whether adverbial, conjugational or expletive.
therefore when I come 935
{0935} Prime
בּוֹא
bow'
{bo}
A primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications).
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
to x413
(0413) Complement
אֵל
'el
{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
thy servant 5650
{5650} Prime
עֶבֶד
`ebed
{eh'-bed}
From H5647; a servant.
my father, 1
{0001} Prime
אָב
'ab
{awb}
A primitive word; father in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application.
and the lad 5288
{5288} Prime
נַעַר
na`ar
{nah'-ar}
From H5287; (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication a servant; also (by interchange of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age).
[be] not x369
(0369) Complement
אַיִן
'ayin
{ah'-yin}
As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.
with x854
(0854) Complement
אֵת
'eth
{ayth}
Probably from H0579; properly nearness (used only as a preposition or adverb), near; hence generally with, by, at, among, etc.
us; seeing that his life 5315
{5315} Prime
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
{neh'-fesh}
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).
is bound up 7194
{7194} Prime
קָשַׁר
qashar
{kaw-shar'}
A primitive root; to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league).
z8803
<8803> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Passive (See H8815)
Count - 1415
in the lad's life; 5315
{5315} Prime
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
{neh'-fesh}
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Genesis 44:16-34.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Genesis 44:18-34.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
When I:

Genesis 44:17 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.
Genesis 44:31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad [is] not [with us], that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis 44:34 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.

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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Gn 44:17, 31, 34. 1S 18:1; 25:29. 2S 18:33.

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