Genesis Chapter 44 verse 26 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 44:26

And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, expect our youngest brother be with us.
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BBE Genesis 44:26

And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us.
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DARBY Genesis 44:26

But we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.
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KJV Genesis 44:26

And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
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WBT Genesis 44:26

And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother shall be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother shall be with us.
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WEB Genesis 44:26

We said, 'We can't go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, unless our youngest brother is with us.'
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YLT Genesis 44:26

and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man's face, and our young brother not with us.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewBut we answered,וַנֹּ֕אמֶר (wan·nō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common pluralStrong's 559: To utter, say‘We cannotלֹ֥א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nogo down thereלָרֶ֑דֶת (lā·re·ḏeṯ)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 3381: To come or go down, descendunlessאִם־ (’im-)ConjunctionStrong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, notour youngerהַקָּטֹ֤ן (haq·qā·ṭōn)Article | Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 6996: Small, young, unimportantbrotherאָחִ֨ינוּ (’ā·ḥî·nū)Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common pluralStrong's 251: A brother, )goesוְיָרַ֔דְנוּ (wə·yā·raḏ·nū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common pluralStrong's 3381: To come or go down, descendwith us.אִתָּ֙נוּ֙ (’it·tā·nū)Preposition | first person common pluralStrong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, amongSo if our youngerהַקָּטֹ֖ן (haq·qā·ṭōn)Article | Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 6996: Small, young, unimportantbrotherוְאָחִ֥ינוּ (wə·’ā·ḥî·nū)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common pluralStrong's 251: A brother, )is notאֵינֶ֥נּוּ (’ê·nen·nū)Adverb | third person masculine singularStrong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particlewith us,אִתָּֽנוּ׃ (’it·tā·nū)Preposition | first person common pluralStrong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, amongwe cannotלֹ֣א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, noseeלִרְאוֹת֙ (lir·’ō·wṯ)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 7200: To seethe man.’הָאִ֔ישׁ (hā·’îš)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 376: A man as an individual, a male personJump to PreviousAble Except Expect Face Goes Unless Young Youngest