| 30. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Genesis 44:30:1 ⧉וְעַתָּ֗הveattaand now Genesis 44:30:2 ⧉כְּבֹאִי֙kevoiwhen I come Genesis 44:30:3 ⧉אֶל־עַבְדְּךָ֣elavdekhato your servant Genesis 44:30:4 ⧉אָבִ֔יavimy father Genesis 44:30:5 ⧉וְהַנַּ֖עַרvehanaarand the boy Genesis 44:30:6 ⧉אֵינֶ֣נּוּenennuis not Genesis 44:30:7 ⧉אִתָּ֑נוּittanuwith us Genesis 44:30:8 ⧉וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹvenafshoand his life Genesis 44:30:9 ⧉קְשׁוּרָ֥הkeshurais bound Genesis 44:30:10 ⧉בְנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃venafshoto his life |
| 30. Formal Translation And now, when I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us—since my father’s life is bound up with the boy’s life— |
| 30. Dynamic Translation So now, when I return to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us—because my father’s life is tied to the boy’s life— |