Genesis 44:30
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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;So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
In other translations
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;So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
Hebrew words
וְעַתָּהve'atahand thereforeH6258כְּבֹאִיkevo'iwhen come IH935אֶל־'el-toH413עַבְדְּךָ'avdekhaservant yourH5650אָבִי'avifather myH1וְהַנַּעַרvehana'arand the ladH5288אֵינֶנּוּ'einenunot [is] heH369אִתָּנוּ'itanuwith usH854וְנַפְשׁוֹvenafshoand life hisH5315קְשׁוּרָהkeshurah[is] bound upH7194בְנַפְשׁוֹ׃venafshowith life hisH5315
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