Verse 30
Genesis 44:30
English Revised Version
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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;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֗ה כְּ/בֹאִ/י֙ אֶל עַבְדְּ/ךָ֣ אָבִ֔/י וְ/הַ/נַּ֖עַר אֵינֶ֣/נּוּ אִתָּ֑/נוּ וְ/נַפְשׁ֖/וֹ קְשׁוּרָ֥ה בְ/נַפְשֽׁ/וֹ
English Translation
And now when I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us, his life is bound up with his life.
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Chapter 44 Context
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And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they c...
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And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did...
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As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
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And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up,...
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Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so do...
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And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words.
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And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? God (Elohim) forbid that thy...
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Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land o...
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With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.
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And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my bond...
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11
Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
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12
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjami...
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Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
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14
And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; and he was yet there: and they fell before him on...
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15
And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I can...
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And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves...
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And he said, God (Elohim) forbid that I should do so: the man in whose hand the cup is found, he sha...
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Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in m...
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19
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
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20
And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; an...
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And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
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And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his fa...
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And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my...
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And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
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And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.
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And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may...
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And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
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and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since...
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and if ye take this one also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs wit...
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Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life...
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it shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants...
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For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then...
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33
Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let...
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For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come...
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