Genesis 44:33

And now, let thy servant stay, I pray thee, instead of the lad a bondman to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brethren;

Darby Translation

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

32For thy servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, then I shall be guilty toward my father all my days.

34for how should I go up to my father if the lad were not with me? lest I see the evil that would come on my father.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:32And now, if thou wilt forgive their sin but if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book that thou hast written.

Romans 5:7For scarcely for [the] just [man] will one die, for perhaps for [the] good [man] some one might also dare to die;

Hebrews 7:22by so much Jesus became surety of a better covenant.

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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