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Genesis 43:9

WEB

9I’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;

KJV

9I 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:

BSB

9I 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.

FBV

9I promise to take care of himI'll be personally responsible for bringing him back to you. If I don't, then I will always carry the blame!

Related Resources

Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject

Extra References

Genesis 42:37

37Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”


Genesis 44:32-33

32[+] For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I don’t bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.’ 33Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, my lord’s slave; and let the boy go up with his brothers.


Philemon 1:18-19

18But if he has wronged you at all or owes you anything, put that to my account. 19I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).


Hebrews 7:22

22By so much, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.


Psalms 119:122

122Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.


1 Kings 1:21

21Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals.”


Job 17:3

3Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?


Ezekiel 33:8

8When I tell the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ and you don’t speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at your hand.


Ezekiel 3:18

18When I tell the wicked, ‘You will surely die;’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.


Genesis 31:39

39That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.