Genesis 44:32
Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’
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- Gen 43:8-9 : 8 Then Judah said to his father Israel,“Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die– we and you and our little ones. 9 I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.
- Gen 43:16 : 16 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the servant who was over his household,“Bring the men to the house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for the men will eat with me at noon.”
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- Gen 44:33-342 verses88%
33“So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.
34For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”
- Gen 43:7-93 verses88%
7They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”
8Then Judah said to his father Israel,“Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die– we and you and our little ones.
9I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.
- Gen 44:16-3116 verses85%
16Judah replied,“What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has exposed the sin of your servants! We are now my lord’s slaves, we and the one in whose possession the cup was found.”
17But Joseph said,“Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace.”
18Then Judah approached him and said,“My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word with you. Please do not get angry with your servant, for you are just like Pharaoh.
19My lord asked his servants,‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
20We said to my lord,‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
21“Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’
22We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’
23But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’
24When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25“Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’
26But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’
27“Then your servant my father said to us,‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.
28The first disappeared and I said,“He has surely been torn to pieces.” I have not seen him since.
29If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.’
30“So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.
31When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.
- Gen 42:37-382 verses78%
37Then Reuben said to his father,“You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you.”
38But Jacob replied,“My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave.”
- Gen 44:7-104 verses76%
7They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
8Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
9If one of us has it, he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves!”
10He replied,“You have suggested your own punishment! The one who has it will become my slave, but the rest of you will go free.”
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6You know that I’ve worked for your father as hard as I could,
- Gen 42:20-212 verses75%
20But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.
21They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”
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5‘My father made me swear an oath. He said,“I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”
- Gen 42:33-342 verses74%
33“Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.
34But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”
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29“You know how I have worked for you,” Jacob replied,“and how well your livestock have fared under my care.
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20You must also say,‘In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.’” Jacob thought,“I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me.”
- Gen 43:3-42 verses74%
3But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
4If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.
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14May the Sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”
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8But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, you will be free from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!”
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45Stay there until your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I’ll send someone to bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
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5The servant asked him,“What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
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41You will be free from your oath if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.’