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Genesis 44:30
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Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the boy's life;
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;
So now, when I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us—now his life is bound up with his life—
Now what will happen if we go home to our father without our youngest brother? He is so important in our father's life that
"So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us—his very life is bound up in his son's life.
"Now, therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the young man is not with us, since his life is bound up in the young man's life,
"So now, when I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us—since our father's life is so attached to the boy's life—
Nowe therefore, when I come to thy seruant my father, & the childe be not wt vs (seeing that his life dependeth on the childes life)
So now, when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us—and his life is bound up in the boy's life—
That's why Benjamin must be with us when I go back to my father. He loves him so much
So now if I go to your servant my father, and the boy isn't with us — seeing how his heart is bound up with the boy's heart —
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,
Now, imagine what will happen when we go home without our youngest brother—he is the most important thing in our father's life!
"Now therefore, as soon as I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy's life,
Now therefore when we come to your servant our father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is dear to him like his own life;
"And now, sir," Judah continued, "if I go back to my father without the boy, as soon as he sees that the boy is not with me, he will die. His life is wrapped up with the life of the boy, and he is so old that the sorrow we would cause him would kill him.
“So if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us—his life is wrapped up with the boy’s life—
And now when I come to your servant, my father, and the youth is not with us and his soul being bound to his soul,
Yf I now come home vnto my father, & the lad be not with me (seynge his soule hangeth by the soule of this)
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;
If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,
Nowe therefore when I come to thy seruaunt my father, and the lad be not with vs (seing that his life hangeth by the laddes life.)
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his soul is bound up with the lad's soul;
Now therefore when I come to thy seruant my father, and the lad bee not with vs; (seeing that his life is bound vp in the lads life.)
Now then, if I should go in to they servant, and our father, and the boy should not be with us, (and his life depends on this lad’s life)
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;
So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, my father-his life is wrapped up in the boy's life-
Therfor if Y entre to thi seruaunt, oure fadir, and the child faile, sithen his lijf hangith of the lijf of the child,
`And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),
Now therefore when I come to your slave my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
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)
Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the boy's life;
"Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad's life,
"And now, my lord, I cannot go back to my father without the boy. Our father's life is bound up in the boy's life.
My father's life and the boy's life are one. If I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us,
Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy's life,
Now, therefore, as surely as I go in unto thy servant my father, and, the lad, is not with us, - seeing that his soul is bound up with the lads soul,
Therefore, if I shall go to thy servant, our father, and the boy be wanting, (whereas his life dependeth upon the life of him,)
"And now, can't you see that if I show up before your servant, my father, without the boy, this son with whom his life is so bound up, the moment he realizes the boy is gone, he'll die on the spot. He'll die of grief and we, your servants who are standing here before you, will have killed him. And that's not all. I got my father to release the boy to show him to you by promising, ‘If I don't bring him back, I'll stand condemned before you, Father, all my life.'
"Now, therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad's life,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
When I: Genesis 44:17, Genesis 44:31, Genesis 44:34
his life: 1 Samuel 18:1, 1 Samuel 25:29, 2 Samuel 18:33
Reciprocal: Genesis 44:22 - his father would die Deuteronomy 24:6 - life 1 Samuel 23:15 - life Lamentations 4:20 - breath
Cross-References
But he said, "Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."
when he sees that the lad is not with us, he will die; and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.
For how can I go back to my father if the lad is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would come upon my father."
When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the LORD your God; and the lives of your enemies he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.
And the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said, "O my son Ab'salom, my son, my son Ab'salom! Would I had died instead of you, O Ab'salom, my son, my son!"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father,.... That is, should he return to him in the land of Canaan with the rest of his brethren:
and the lad [be] not with us; his brother Benjamin, so called here, and in the following verses, though thirty years of age and upwards, see
Genesis 43:8;
seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; he is as closely united to him in affection, and is as dear to him as his own soul; quite wrapped up in him, and cannot live without him; should he die, he must die too; see 1 Samuel 18:1; so it follows:
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
- The Ten Brothers Were Tested
Joseph has had the satisfaction of seeing his brother Benjamin safe and well. He has heard his brothers acknowledging their guilt concerning himself. He resolves to put their attachment to Benjamin, and the genuineness of their change of disposition, to a test that will at the same time expose Benjamin to no hazard.
Genesis 44:1-5
And my cup. - Besides returning each manâs money as before, a silver cup of Josephâs is put in Benjaminâs bag, after which, when daylight comes, they are dismissed. They are scarcely out of the town when Josephâs steward is ordered to overtake them, and charge them with stealing the cup. âAnd whereby indeed he divineth.â Divining by cups, we learn from this, was a common custom in Egypt (Herodotus ii. 83). It is here mentioned to enhance the value of the cup. Whether Joseph really practised any sort of divination cannot be determined from this passage.
Genesis 44:6-12
The cup is found in Benjaminâs bag. âSpake unto them these words.â The words of Joseph, supplying of course the mention of the cup which is expressed in the text only by the pronoun this. âWe brought back to thee.â Silver that we might have retained, and to which you made no claim when we tendered it, we brought back. How or why should we therefore, steal silver? âNow also according to your words let it be.â He adopts their terms with a mitigation. He with whom the cup is found shall become a slave for life, and the rest be acquitted. The steward searches from the oldest to the youngest. The cup is found where it was put.
Genesis 44:13-17
âThey rent their garments;â the natural token of a sorrow that knows no remedy. âAnd Judah went.â He had pledged himself for the safety of Benjamin to his father. And he was yet there; awaiting no doubt the result which he anticipated. âThey fell before him on the earth.â It is no longer a bending of the head or bowing of the body, but the posture of deepest humiliation. How deeply that early dream penetrated into the stern reality! âWot ye not that such a man as I doth certainly divine?â Joseph keeps up the show of resentment for a little longer, and brings out from Judah the most pathetic plea of its kind that ever was uttered. âThe God,â the great and only God, âhath found out the iniquity of thy servants;â in our dark and treacherous dealing with our brother. âBehold, we are servants to my lord.â He resigns himself and all to perpetual bondage, as the doom of a just God upon their still-remembered crime. âHe shall be my servant; and ye, go up in peace to your father.â Now is the test applied with the nicest adjustment. Now is the moment of agony and suspense to Joseph. Will my brothers prove true? says he within himself. Will Judah prove adequate to the occasion? say we. His pleading with his father augured well.
Verse 18-34
âAnd Judah came near unto him.â He is going to surrender himself as a slave for life, that Benjamin may go home with his brothers, who are permitted to depart. âLet thy servant now speak a word in the ears of my lord.â There is nothing here but respectful calmness of demeanor. âAnd let not thine anger burn against thy servant.â He intuitively feels that the grand vizier is a man of like feelings with himself. He will surmount the distinction of rank, and stand with him on the ground of a common humanity. âFor so art thou as Pharaoh.â Thou hast power to grant or withhold my request. This forms, the exordium of the speech. Then follows the plea. This consists in a simple statement of the facts, which Judah expects to have its native effect upon a rightly-constituted heart. We will not touch this statement, except to explain two or three expressions. A young lad - a comparative youth. âLet me set mine eyes upon himâ - regard him with favor and kindness. âHe shall leave his father and he shall die.â If he were to leave his father, his father would die. Such is the natural interpretation of these words, as the paternal affection is generally stronger than the filial. âAnd now let thy servant now abide instead of the lad a servant to my lord.â Such is the humble and earnest petition of Judah. He calmly and firmly sacrifices home, family, and birthright, rather than see an aged father die of a broken heart.
