New American Standard Bible "For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me-- for fear that I see the evil that would overtake my father?"
King James Bible 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.
Holman Christian Standard Bible For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the grief that would overwhelm my father."