Genesis 43:9 “I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. I…”

Genesis 43:9

I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

World English Bible

I’ll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don’t bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever;

American Standard Version

I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

Geneva Bible 1599

I wil be suertie for him: of mine hand shalt thou require him. If I bring him not to thee, and set him before thee, then let me beare the blame for euer.

Darby Translation

I will be surety for him: of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thy face, then shall I be guilty toward thee for ever.

Young's Literal Translation

I — I am surety [for] him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee — then I have sinned against thee all the days;

Bible in Basic English

Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

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Cross references

“will be”

Genesis 42:37 Hebrews 7:22 1 Kings 1:21 Job 17:3 Psalm 119:122 Genesis 44:32

Genesis 42:37 · BSB

Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”

Hebrews 7:22 · BSB

Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

1 Kings 1:21 · BSB

Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”

Job 17:3 · BSB

Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?

Psalm 119:122 · BSB

Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.

Genesis 44:32 · BSB

Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’

“of my hand”

Genesis 9:5 Genesis 31:39 Ezekiel 3:18 Ezekiel 3:20 Ezekiel 33:6 Ezekiel 33:8

Genesis 9:5 · BSB

And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

Genesis 31:39 · BSB

I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.

Ezekiel 3:18 · BSB

If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his…

Ezekiel 3:20 · BSB

Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be re…

Ezekiel 33:6 · BSB

But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountab…

Ezekiel 33:8 · BSB

If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.

10If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”

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