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Genesis 44:32-34
New American Standard Bible
Genesis 44:32-34
New American Standard Bible
32 For your servant (A)accepted responsibility for the boy from my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then [a]my father can let me take the blame forever.’ 33 So now, please let your servant remain as a slave to my lord instead of the boy, and let the boy go up with his brothers. 34 For how shall I go up to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear that I may see the evil that would [b]overtake my father.”
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- Genesis 44:32 Lit I will be culpable for all the days before my father
- Genesis 44:34 Lit find
Genesis 44:32-34
New International Version
Genesis 44:32-34
New International Version
32 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!’(A)
33 “Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave(B) in place of the boy,(C) and let the boy return with his brothers. 34 How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery(D) that would come on my father.”(E)
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