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Genesis 44:34

King James Version

For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

Berean Standard Bible

For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”

World English Bible

For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn’t with me? - lest I see the evil that will come on my father.”