KJV - And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

ASV - And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

BBE - And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.

WEB - We said to my lord, 'The boy can't leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'

YLT - and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;

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