Genesis Chapter 44 verse 34 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 44:34

For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.
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BBE Genesis 44:34

For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?
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DARBY Genesis 44:34

for how should I go up to my father if the lad were not with me? -- lest I see the evil that would come on my father.
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KJV Genesis 44:34

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.
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WBT Genesis 44:34

For how shall I return to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that shall come on my father.
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WEB Genesis 44:34

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."
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YLT Genesis 44:34

for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'
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Ellicott's Commentary

Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewForכִּי־ (kî-)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionhowאֵיךְ֙ (’êḵ)InterjectionStrong's 349: How?, how!, wherecan I go backאֶֽעֱלֶ֣ה (’e·‘ĕ·leh)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularStrong's 5927: To ascend, in, activelytoאֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, tomy fatherאָבִ֔י (’ā·ḇî)Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 1: Fatherwithoutאֵינֶ֣נּוּ (’ê·nen·nū)Adverb | third person masculine singularStrong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particlethe boy?וְהַנַּ֖עַר (wə·han·na·‘ar)Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainerI could not bearפֶּ֚ן (pen)ConjunctionStrong's 6435: Removal, lestto seeאֶרְאֶ֣ה (’er·’eh)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularStrong's 7200: To seethe miseryבָרָ֔ע (ḇā·rā‘)Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 7451: Bad, evilthatאֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)Pronoun - relativeStrong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order thatwould overwhelmיִמְצָ֖א (yim·ṣā)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present[him].”אָבִֽי׃ (’ā·ḇî)Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 1: FatherJump to PreviousBoy Evil Fear Find Me-For Misery Overtake Peradventure Perhaps Youth