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

We suggested to my lord: The boy cannot leave his father: for if he leave him, he will die.

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

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;

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.

We suggested to my lord: 'The boy is not able to leave his father. For if he sends him away, he will die.'

Respondimus vero domino meo, Non potest puer relinquere patrem suum, et si reliquerit patrem suum, morietur.

And we said unto my lord, the lad cannot leave his father,.... That is, his father will not be willing to part with him:
for if he should leave his father, his father would die; with grief and trouble, fearing some evil was befallen him, and he should see him no more.