Catholic Public Domain Version
"and if he were to see that he is not with us, he would die, and your servants will lead his grey hairs down with sorrow to the grave. "
— Genesis 44:31, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol. ”
“it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol.”
“When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.”
“And he shall see that he is not with us, he will die, and thy servants shall bring down his grey hairs with sorrow unto hell.”
“When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.”
“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.”
One went out, and you said, “A beast devoured him.” And since then, he has not appeared.
If you take this one also, and anything happens to him on the way, you will lead my grey hairs down with grief to the grave.’
Therefore, if I would have gone to your servant, our father, with the boy not present, (though his life depends upon the life of him)
and if he were to see that he is not with us, he would die, and your servants will lead his grey hairs down with sorrow to the grave.
Let me be your very own servant, for I accepted this one into my trust, and I promised, saying: ‘Unless I lead him back, I will be guilty of a sin against my father for all time.’
And so I, your servant, will remain in place of the boy, in ministry to my lord, and then let the boy go up with his brothers.
For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I appear as a witness to the calamity that will oppress my father.”