Genesis 44:30
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Now,וְעַתָּ֗ה
(ve·'at·tah)
6258: nowprobably from anah
therefore, when I comeכְּבֹאִי֙
(ke·vo·'i)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
to your servantעַבְדְּךָ֣
(av·de·cha)
5650: slave, servantfrom abad
my father,אָבִ֔י
(a·vi,)
1: fatherfrom an unused word
and the ladוְהַנַּ֖עַר
(ve·han·na·'ar)
5288: a boy, lad, youth, retainerof uncertain derivation
is not with us, since his lifeוְנַפְשֹׁ֖ו
(ve·naf·shov)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
is boundקְשׁוּרָ֥ה
(ke·shu·rah)
7194: to bind, league together, conspirea prim. root
up in the lad's life,בְנַפְשֹֽׁו׃
(ve·naf·shov.)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
Now therefore when I come
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
to thy servant
`ebed  (eh'-bed)
a servant -- bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
my father
'ab  (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
and the lad
na`ar  (nah'-ar)
babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
be not with us seeing that his life
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
is bound up
qashar  (kaw-shar')
to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league) -- bind (up), (make a) conspire(-acy, -ator), join together, knit, stronger, work (treason).
in the lad's life
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Now, therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad's life,

King James Bible
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;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us--his life is wrapped up with the boy's life--

International Standard Version
"So when I go back to your servant, my father, and the young man isn't with us, since he's constantly living life focused on his son,

NET Bible
"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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Our father's life is wrapped up with the boy's life. If I come [home] without the boy

King James 2000 Bible
Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
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