Parallel Verses
Amplified
He rejoined his brothers and said, “The boy is not there; as for me, where shall I go [to hide from my father]?”
New American Standard Bible
He returned to his brothers and said, “
King James Version
And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
Holman Bible
He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
International Standard Version
returned to his brothers, and shouted, "He's not there! Now what? Where am I to go?"
A Conservative Version
and he returned to his brothers, and said, The child is not, and I, where shall I go?
American Standard Version
And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
Bible in Basic English
He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?
Darby Translation
and returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?
Julia Smith Translation
And he will turn back to his brethren, and he will say, The child is not: and I, where shall I go?
King James 2000
And he returned unto his brothers, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he returned to his brothers and said, "The boy {is gone}! Now I, {what can I do}?"
Modern King James verseion
And he returned to his brothers and said, The child, he is not. And I, where shall I go?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and went again unto his brethren, saying, "The lad is not yonder, and whither shall I go?"
NET Bible
returned to his brothers, and said, "The boy isn't there! And I, where can I go?"
New Heart English Bible
He returned to his brothers, and said, "The child is no more; and I, where will I go?"
The Emphasized Bible
and returned unto his brethren, and said, - The, lad, is not! And, I, oh where can I, go?
Webster
And he returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not: and I, whither shall I go?
World English Bible
He returned to his brothers, and said, "The child is no more; and I, where will I go?"
Youngs Literal Translation
and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, 'The lad is not, and I -- whither am I going?'
Themes
Bible stories for children » The boy captive who became prime minister
Bible stories for children » The beautiful coat
Ishmaelites » Merchants of, buy joseph
Joseph » Son of jacob » Is falsely reported to his father as killed by wild beasts
Reuben » Adroitly seeks to save joseph from the conspiracy of his brothers
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 37:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph Sold Into Slavery
29 Now Reuben [unaware of what had happened] returned to the pit, and [to his great alarm found that] Joseph was not in the pit; so he tore his clothes [in deep sorrow]. 30 He rejoined his brothers and said, “The boy is not there; as for me, where shall I go [to hide from my father]?” 31 Then they took Joseph’s tunic, slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood;
Names
Cross References
Genesis 42:13
But they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers [in all], the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; please listen: the youngest is with our father today, and one is no longer alive.”
Genesis 42:32
We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.’
Jeremiah 31:15
Thus says the Lord,
“A
Lamentation (songs of mourning) and bitter weeping.
Rachel (Israel) is weeping for her children;
She refuses to be comforted for her children,
Because they are gone.”
Genesis 37:20
Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the
Genesis 42:35-36
Now when they emptied their sacks, every man’s bundle of money [paid to buy grain] was in his sack. When they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
