Genesis 44:33

Now then I will remain a servant with thee instead of the lad, a domestic of my lord; but let the lad go up with his brethren.

Brenton Septuagint

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 has received the boy in charge from his father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, and place him before thee, I shall be guilty towards my father for ever.

34For how shall I go up to my father, the lad not being with us? lest I behold the evils which will befal my father.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:32And now if thou + 32:32 Gr. dost.wilt forgive their sin, forgive it; and if not, blot me out of thy book, which thou hast written.

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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