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.

DBY: And we said to my lord, The youth cannot leave his father: if he should leave his father, his father would die.

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

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

WBS: And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

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;
