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.

For how {H349} shall I go up {H5927} to my father {H1}, and the lad {H5288} be not with me? lest peradventure I see {H7200} the evil {H7451} that shall come on {H4672} my father {H1}.

For how can I go up to my father if the boy isn't with me? I couldn't bear to see my father so overwhelmed by anguish."

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

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.

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.
  • Esther 8:6

    For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
  • 2 Chronicles 34:28

    Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
  • Psalms 119:143

    ¶ Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments [are] my delights.
  • Job 31:29

    If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
  • Jeremiah 52:10

    And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
  • Jeremiah 52:11

    Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
  • Exodus 18:8

    And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, [and] all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and [how] the LORD delivered them.

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