28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Of a surety he is torn in (A)pieces, and I saw him not since.

29 Now ye take this also away from me: if death take him, then [a]ye shall bring my gray head in sorrow to the grave.

30 Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father, and the child be not with us (seeing that his [b]life dependeth on the child’s life.)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 44:29 Ye shall cause me to die for sorrow.
  2. Genesis 44:30 Hebrew, his soul is bound to his soul.

28 One of them went away from me, and I said, “He has surely been torn to pieces.”(A) And I have not seen him since.(B) 29 If you take this one from me too and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray head down to the grave(C) in misery.’(D)

30 “So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant my father,(E) and if my father, whose life is closely bound up with the boy’s life,(F)

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