Genesis 44:33

'And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren,

Young's Literal 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 obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee — then I have sinned against my father all the days.

34for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'

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Cross References

Exodus 32:32and now, if Thou takest away their sin — and if not — blot me, I pray thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.'

Romans 5:7for scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die;

Hebrews 7:22by so much of a better covenant hath Jesus become surety,

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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