Genesis 44:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֗ה כְּבֹאִי֙ אֶל־עַבְדְּךָ֣ אָבִ֔י וְהַנַּ֖עַר אֵינֶ֣נּוּ אִתָּ֑נוּ וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ קְשׁוּרָ֥ה בְנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

Transliteration

And now wəʿattâ when I come kəbōʾî to ʾel-your servant ʿabdəkā my father ʾābî and the wəhannaʿar is not ʾênennû with us ʾittānû and his wənapšô bound qəšûrâ to his bənapšô

Grammar Details

• *wəʿattâ*: waw-conjunction + adverb - and now
• *kəbōʾî*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - when I come
• *ʾel*: preposition - to
• *ʿabdəkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant
• *ʾābî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my father
• *wəhannaʿar*: waw-conjunction + definite article + masculine singular noun - and the young man
• *ʾênennû*: negative particle with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he is not
• *ʾittānû*: preposition with 1st person common plural suffix - with us
• *wənapšô*: waw-conjunction + feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his soul
• *qəšûrâ*: Qal passive participle, feminine singular - bound
• *bənapšô*: preposition + feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his soul

Word Meanings

• *wəʿattâ*: and now/so now/therefore now
• *kəbōʾî*: when I come/as I come/when I arrive
• *ʿabdəkā*: your servant/your slave
• *hannaʿar*: the young man/the lad/the boy
• *ʾênennû*: he is not/is not/not
• *napšô*: his soul/his life/his heart
• *qəšûrâ bənapšô*: bound to his soul/tied to his life/knit to his heart

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So now, if I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us—since his life is so closely bound up with the boy's life—

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore when I come{H935} to thy servant{H5650} my father,{H1} and the lad{H5288} is not with us; seeing that his life{H5315} is bound up{H7194} in the lad's life;{H5315}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore when I come{H935}{(H8800)} to thy servant{H5650} my father{H1}, and the lad{H5288} be not with us; seeing that his life{H5315} is bound up{H7194}{(H8803)} in the lad's life{H5315};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Now therfore whe I come to thy servaunt my father yf the lad be not with me: seinge that his lyfe hageth by the laddes lyf

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf I now come home vnto my father, & the lad be not with me (seynge his soule hangeth by the soule of this)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Nowe therefore, when I come to thy seruant my father, & the childe be not with vs (seeing that his life dependeth on the childes life)

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  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.)

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `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),

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the boy's life;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “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.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 18:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
• 1 Sam 25:29 : 29 Yet a man has risen to pursue you and seek your life; but the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD your God; and the lives of your enemies, He shall sling out, as from the pocket of a sling.
• 2 Sam 18:33 : 33 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 Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son!
• Gen 44:17 : 17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, go up in peace to your father.
• Gen 44:31 : 31 It shall come to pass, when he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and your servants shall bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
• Gen 44:34 : 34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad is not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that shall come upon my father.