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Genesis 44:26

Hebrew
ESV
we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother goes with us, then we will go down. For we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'
NIV
But we said, 'We cannot go down. Only if our youngest brother is with us will we go. We cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'
NLT
we replied, 'We can't go unless you let our youngest brother go with us. We'll never get to see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'
LXX
ἡμεῖς δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ

greek

δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English.
εἴπαμεν οὐ δυνησόμεθα καταβῆναι ἀλλ εἰ μὲν plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ἀδελφὸς ἡμῶν plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
νεώτερος καταβαίνει μεθ ἡμῶν καταβησόμεθα οὐ γὰρ δυνησόμεθα ἰδεῖν τὸplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
πρόσωπον τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ἀνθρώπου τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ἀδελφοῦ τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
νεωτέρου μὴ ὄντοςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

greek

εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
μεθ ἡμῶν
KJV
And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.

Genesis 44:25 ← Genesis 44:26 → Genesis 44:27

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