³²“For your servant ^abecame surety for the lad to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then ¹let me bear the blame before my father forever.’

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1Lit and I shall have sinned for all the days before my father

Cross references

a Gen 43:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For your servant became a pledge of safety for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father. I said, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, I will bear the blame before you, my father, all my life!’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Your servant became accountable to my father for the boy, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will always bear the guilt for sinning against you, my father.’

NLTNew Living Translation

My lord, I guaranteed to my father that I would take care of the boy. I told him, ‘If I don’t bring him back to you, I will bear the blame forever.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For your servant is pledged as surety for the boy by my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you, then I shall be culpable to my father forever.

KJV 1900King James Version

For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

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