Genesis 44:33

And so I, your servant, will remain in place of the boy, in ministry to my lord, and then let the boy go up with his brothers.

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In The King James Version

Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

In Context

32Let me be your very own servant, for I accepted this one into my trust, and I promised, saying: ‘Unless I lead him back, I will be guilty of a sin against my father for all time.’

34For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I appear as a witness to the calamity that will oppress my father.”

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Cross References

Exodus 32:32or, if you do not, then delete me from the book that you have written.”

Romans 5:7Now someone might barely be willing to die for the sake of justice, for example, perhaps someone might dare to die for the sake of a good man.

Hebrews 7:22By so much, Jesus has been made the sponsor of a better testament.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 44:19-34

Judah's Appeal on Behalf of Benjamin. ( b. c. 1707.) 18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? 20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. 21 And… Read the whole commentary →

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