Genesis 44:22

NETBible

We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father 1  will die.’ 2 

NIV ©

And we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.’

NASB ©

"But we said to my lord, ‘The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

NLT ©

But we said to you, ‘My lord, the boy cannot leave his father, for his father would die.’

MSG ©

We told you, master, that it was impossible: 'The boy can't leave his father; if he leaves, his father will die.'

BBE ©

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.

NRSV ©

We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

NKJV ©

"And we said to my lord, ‘The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

KJV
And we said
<0559> (8799)
unto my lord
<0113>_,
The lad
<05288>
cannot
<03201> (8799)
leave
<05800> (8800)
his father
<01>_:
for [if] he should leave
<05800> (8804)
his father
<01>_,
[his father] would die
<04191> (8804)_.
NASB ©
"But we said
<559>
to my lord
<113>
, 'The lad
<5288>
cannot
<3201>
<3808> leave
<5800>
his father
<1>
, for if he should leave
<5800>
his father
<1>
, his father would die
<4191>
.'
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
eipamen {V-AAI-1P} tw
<3588> 
T-DSM
kuriw
<2962> 
N-DSM
ou
<3364> 
ADV
dunhsetai
<1410> 
V-FMI-3S
to
<3588> 
T-NSN
paidion
<3813> 
N-NSN
katalipein
<2641> 
V-AAN
ton
<3588> 
T-ASM
patera
<3962> 
N-ASM
ean
<1437> 
CONJ
de
<1161> 
PRT
kataliph
<2641> 
V-AAS-3S
ton
<3588> 
T-ASM
patera
<3962> 
N-ASM
apoyaneitai
<599> 
V-FMI-3S
NET [draft] ITL
We said
<0559>
to
<0413>
my lord
<0113>
, ‘The boy
<05288>
cannot
<03201>

<03808>
leave
<05800>
his father
<01>
. If he leaves
<05800>
his father, his father
<01>
will die
<04191>
.’
HEBREW
tmw
<04191>
wyba
<01>
ta
<0853>
bzew
<05800>
wyba
<01>
ta
<0853>
bzel
<05800>
renh
<05288>
lkwy
<03201>
al
<03808>
ynda
<0113>
la
<0413>
rmanw (44:22)
<0559>
NETBible

We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father 1  will die.’ 2 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the boy’s father, i.e., Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn The last two verbs are perfect tenses with vav consecutive. The first is subordinated to the second as a conditional clause.