Catholic Public Domain Version
"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. "
— Genesis 44:33, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.”
“Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. ”
“Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, a bondservant to my lord; and let the boy go up with his brothers.”
““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.”
“Therefore I, thy servant, will stay instead of the boy in the service of my lord, and let the boy go up with his brethren.”
“So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.”
“Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.”
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.”