NET Bible
"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."
— Genesis 44:31, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
The first disappeared and I said,“He has surely been torn to pieces.” I have not seen him since.
If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.’
“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.
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.
Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’
“So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.
For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”