Genesis 44:34

World English Bible

For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn’t with me?—lest I see the evil that will come on my father.”

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Genesis 44:34 in other translations

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.

Genesis 44:34 · American Standard Version

Genesis 44:34 in context

  1. 32For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I don’t bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.’
  2. 33Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, my lord’s slave; and let the boy go up with his brothers.
  3. 34For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn’t with me?—lest I see the evil that will come on my father.”