Passage
Genesis 44.30
30. 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; (ASV)Book: Genesis · NASB95
Immediate context (±2 verses)
There are ads on our codex that pay for hosting and keep the codex free. If you can, please consider whitelisting ris3n.com or allowing scripts to support the work.
Sponsored
Brands, events, influencers advertise here
ASV
28. and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since: 29. and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.
30. 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;
- 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. 32. For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever. (Genesis 44:28-32, ASV)
WEB
28. and the one went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces”; and I haven’t seen him since. 29. If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.’
30. 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;
- it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol. 32. For 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.’ (Genesis 44:28-32, WEB)
KJV
28. And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: 29. And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
30. 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;
- 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. 32. For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. (Genesis 44:28-32, KJV)
YLT
28. and the one goeth out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn, torn! and I have not seen him since; 29. when ye have taken also this from my presence, and mischief hath met him, then ye have brought down my grey hairs with evil to sheol.
30. '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),
- then it hath come to pass when he seeth that the youth is not, that he hath died, and thy servants have brought down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to sheol; 32. for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee, then I have sinned against my father all the days. (Genesis 44:28-32, YLT)
See this page's graph and discover linked topics
Setting
- Speaker: TBD
- Audience: TBD
- Location: TBD
- Time period: TBD
Theological reading
Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.
Key words
Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
Quoted in
Arguments and defeaters:
Notes
Your annotations.
Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
See Bibles for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.