GEN 44:32 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) But your servant guaranteed the young man to my father, saying, ‘If I don’t get him back to you, then I will have sinned against my father all my life.’

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).

BrLXX Ὁ γὰρ παῖς σου παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκδέδεκται τὸ παιδίον, λέγων, ἐὰν μὴ ἀγάγω αὐτὸν πρὸς σὲ, καὶ στήσω αὐτὸν ἐνώπιόν σου, ἡμαρτηκὼς ἔσομαι εἰς τὸν πατέρα πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας.
(Ho gar pais sou para tou patros ekdedektai to paidion, legōn, ean maʸ agagō auton pros se, kai staʸsō auton enōpion sou, haʸmartaʸkōs esomai eis ton patera pasas tas haʸmeras. )

BrTr For thy servant has received the boy in charge from his father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, and place him before thee, I shall be guilty towards my father for ever.

ULT For your servant guaranteed the young man to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will have sinned against my father all the days.’

UST Besides that, sir, I promised my father that I would return his son to him safely. I told him that if I did not bring his son back to him, I would be guilty of sinning against him forever.

BSB Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’

OEB Indeed, my lord, I personally became surety for the boy to my father, when I said, “If I do not bring him to you, then I will bear the blame in my father’s eyes forever.”

WEBBE 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.’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’

LSV for your servant obtained the youth by guarantee to my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you—then I have sinned against my father all the days.

FBV In fact I gave myself as the guarantee for the boy to my father. I told him, ‘If I don't bring him back to you, then I will always carry the blame!’

T4T I guaranteed/promised to my father that the boy would return safely. I told him, ‘You can require me to do what I am promising. If I do not bring him back to you, you can say forever that ◄I am to blame/it is my fault► for not bringing him back to you.’

LEB No LEB GEN book available

BBE For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS 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.

ASV 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.

DRA 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.

YLT 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.

Drby For thy servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, then I shall be guilty toward my father all my days.

RV 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.
(For thy/your servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee/you, then shall I bear the blame to my father forever. )

SLT For thy servant became surety for the youth with my father, saying, If I shall not bring him to thee, I sinned against my father all the days.

Wbstr For thy servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, then I will bear the blame to my father for ever.

KJB-1769 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.
(For thy/your servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee/you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever. )

KJB-1611 For thy seruant became surety for the lad vnto my father, saying, If I bring him not vnto thee, then I shall beare the blame to my father, for euer.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps GEN book available

Gnva Doubtlesse thy seruant became suertie for the childe to my father, and said, If I bring him not vnto thee againe, then I will beare the blame vnto my father for euer.
(Doubtlesse thy/your servant became surety for the child to my father, and said, If I bring him not unto thee/you again, then I will bear the blame unto my father forever. )

Cvdl No Cvdl GEN book available

Wycl No Wycl GEN book available

Luth No Luth GEN book available

ClVg Ego proprie servus tuus sim qui in meam hunc recepi fidem, et spopondi dicens: Nisi reduxero eum, peccati reus ero in patrem meum omni tempore.
(I properly servant your yes who in/into/on of_mine this_one recepi faith, and spopondi saying: Unless reduxero him, of_sin guilty I_will_be in/into/on father mine all at_the_time. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT GEN book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

כִּ֤י עַבְדְּ⁠ךָ֙ עָרַ֣ב אֶת־הַ⁠נַּ֔עַר מֵ⁠עִ֥ם אָבִ֖⁠י לֵ⁠אמֹ֑ר

that/for/because/then/when servant_of,your became_surety DOM the,boy for,to father_of,my to=say

See how you translated the verb “guarantee” in Gen 43:9. Alternate translation: [Besides that, sir, I guaranteed my father that I would return his son to him safely. I told him that]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

אִם־לֹ֤א אֲבִיאֶ֨⁠נּוּ֙ אֵלֶ֔י⁠ךָ

if not bring_~_back,him to,you

Consider whether it is better in your language to translate this embedded quote as a direct or indirect quote.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

וְ⁠חָטָ֥אתִי לְ⁠אָבִ֖⁠י

and,bear_the_blame before,father_of,my

See how you translated a similar clause in Gen 43:9. Alternate translation: [then this would be a terrible sin against him]

כָּל־הַ⁠יָּמִֽים

all/each/any/every the=days

Be consistent here with your choice in Gen 43:9. Alternate translation: [all the days of my life] or [for the rest of my life]

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