Genesis 44:34

For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

Genesis 44:34 · King James Version

In other versions

For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.
ASV
For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?
BBE
for how should I go up to my father if the lad were not with me? -- lest I see the evil that would come on my father.
DBY
For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn't with me? Lest I see the evil that will come on my father."
WEB
for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'
YLT
For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest possibly I see the evil that shall come on my father.
ENG
For how shall I return to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that shall come on my father.
WBT
For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
BSB

³²For 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.

³³Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

³⁴For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.