GEN 44:22 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) And we said to my master, ‘The young man isn’t able to leave his father, because if he does, then the old man will die.’

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And we said to my lord, ‘The young man is not able to leave his father, because if he leaves his father, then he will die.’

UST But we told you, sir, that the young man should not leave his father and come here, because if he did, his father would die from anxiety.

BSB § So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’

OEB But we said to you, my lord, “The boy cannot leave his father. If he should leave his father, his father would die.”

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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

LSV and we say to my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he has left his father, then he has died;

FBV We told you, ‘The boy can't leave his father; if he did, his father would die.’

T4T We said to you, ‘No, we cannot do that, because the boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die from sorrow.’

LEB Then we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he should leave his father, then he[fn] would die.’

?:? That is, the father (Jacob/Israel)

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.

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS And we said unto my lord: The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

ASV And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

DRA We suggested to my lord: The boy cannot leave his father: for if he leave him, he will die.

YLT and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;

Drby And we said to my lord, The youth cannot leave his father: if he should leave his father, [his father] would die.

RV And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

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

KJB-1769 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

KJB-1611 And we said vnto my LORD, The lad cannot leaue his father: for if hee should leaue his father, his father would die.
(And we said unto my LORD, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.)

Bshps And we aunswered my Lorde, that the lad could not go from his father, for if he shoulde leaue his father, he were but dead.
(And we answered my Lord, that the lad could not go from his father, for if he should leave his father, he were but dead.)

Gnva And we answered my lord, The childe can not depart from his father: for if he leaue his father, his father would die.
(And we answered my lord, The child cannot depart from his father: for if he leave his father, his father would die. )

Cvdl But we answered my lorde: The lad can not come from his father, yf he shulde come from him, he were but a deed man.
(But we answered my lorde: The lad cannot come from his father, if he should come from him, he were but a dead man.)

Wyc We maden suggestioun to thee, my lord, the child may not forsake his fadir; for if he schal leeue the fadir, he schal die.
(We maden suggestioun to thee/you, my lord, the child may not forsake his father; for if he shall leave the father, he shall die.)

Luth Wir aber antworteten meinem Herrn: Der Knabe kann nicht von seinem Vater kommen; wo er von ihm käme, würde er sterben.
(We but replied my Lord: The boy/lad kann not from his father kommen; where he from him käme, würde he die.)

ClVg Suggessimus domino meo: Non potest puer relinquere patrem suum: si enim illum dimiserit, morietur.
(Suggessimus domino meo: Non potest puer relinquere patrem suum: when/but_if because him dimiserit, morietur. )

BrTr And we said to my lord, The child will not be able to leave his father; but if he should leave his father, he will die.

BrLXX Καὶ εἴπαμεν τῷ κυρίῳ, οὐ δυνήσεται τὸ παιδίον καταλιπεῖν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ· ἐὰν δὲ καταλείπῃ τὸν πατέρα, ἀποθανεῖται.
(Kai eipamen tōi kuriōi, ou dunaʸsetai to paidion katalipein ton patera autou; ean de kataleipaʸ ton patera, apothaneitai. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

וַ⁠נֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל אֲדֹנִ֔⁠י לֹא יוּכַ֥ל הַ⁠נַּ֖עַר לַ⁠עֲזֹ֣ב אֶת אָבִ֑י⁠ו

and,said to/towards my=master not he/it_would_be_able the,boy to,leave DOM his/its=father

Alternate translation: “But we told you, sir, that the young man must not leave his father and come here,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

וְ⁠עָזַ֥ב אֶת אָבִ֖י⁠ו וָ⁠מֵֽת

and,leave DOM his/its=father and,die

Make sure the way you translate this clause fits with how you translated the previous clause, as either a direct or indirect quote. Alternate translation: “because if he did his father will die from anxiety.”

Parallel GEN 44:22