World English Bible
"We said to my lord, 'The boy can't leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'"
— Genesis 44:22, World English Bible
“And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.”
“And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. ”
“We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’”
“We suggested to my lord: The boy cannot leave his father: for if he leave him, he will die.”
“And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.”
“And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.”
My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Have you a father, or a brother?'
We said to my lord, 'We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.'
You said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.'
We said to my lord, 'The boy can't leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'
You said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.'
It happened when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
Our father said, 'Go again, buy us a little food.'