Genesis 44:34

How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come upon my father."
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King James Version

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.

English Standard Version

For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would find my father."

Catholic Public Domain Version

For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I appear as a witness to the calamity that will oppress my father.