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Genesis 44:30

Parents and childrenGrief

28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:

29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

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;

31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

32 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.

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BSB
So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
KJV
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;
WEB
Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the boy’s life;
ASV
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad`s life;
DARBY
And now, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us, seeing that his life is bound up with his life,
BLB
And now, when I come to your servant, my father, and the boy [is] not with us, and his soul is bound up in his soul,
ÅB
Skal jeg nå komme hjem til din tjener min far, og gutten, som han henger ved med hele sin sjel, ikke er med oss,
OTB
Nå, hvis gutten ikke er med oss når jeg vender tilbake til din tjener, vår far, og hvis min far, hvis liv er nært knyttet til guttens liv,
B1930
Skal jeg nu komme hjem til din tjener min far, og gutten, som han henger ved med hele sin sjel, ikke er med oss,

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  • 1 Samuel 18:1

    And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

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  • 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.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:29

    Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

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  • Genesis 44:31

    It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

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  • Genesis 44:17

    And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.

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  • 2 Samuel 18:33

    And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

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