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Genesis 44:30
Therefore, if I shall go to thy servant, our father, and the boy be wanting, (whereas his life dependeth upon the life of him,)
Genesis 44:30 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 44:30 in other translations
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;
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,
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;
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In context
27 Whereunto he answered: You know that my wife bore me two.
28 One went out, and you said: A beast devoured him; and hitherto he appeareth not.
29 If you take this also, and any thing befall him in the way, you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow unto hell.
30 Therefore, if I shall go to thy servant, our father, and the boy be wanting, (whereas his life dependeth upon the life of him,)
31 And he shall see that he is not with us, he will die, and thy servants shall bring down his grey hairs with sorrow unto hell.
32 Let me be thy proper servant, who took him into my trust, and promised, saying: If I bring him not again, I will be guilty of sin against my father for ever.
33 Therefore I, thy servant, will stay instead of the boy in the service of my lord, and let the boy go up with his brethren.
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