Genesis 44:22 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 44:22 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַנֹּ֨אמֶר֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אֲדֹנִ֔י
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יוּכַ֥ל
yâkôl
H3201
to prevail
הַנַּ֖עַר
naʻar
H5288
boy
לַעֲזֹ֣ב
ʻâzab
H5800
to leave
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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אָבִ֑יו
ʼâb
H1
father
וְעָזַ֥ב
ʻâzab
H5800
to leave
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
אָבִ֖יו
ʼâb
H1
father
וָמֵֽת
mûwth
H4191
to die
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
We said to my lord, 'The boy can't leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'
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King James Version Public Domain
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And we said to my lord, ‘The young man is not able to leave his father, because he leaves his father, then he will die.’
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).