32 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.’
Genesis 44:32
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Book of Jubilees 43:12–14
12 And it will come to pass, when we go to thy servant our father, and the lad is not with us, that he will die, and we shall bring down our father with sorrow unto death. (JUB) 13 Now rather let me, thy servant, abide instead of the boy as a bondsman unto my lord, and le… (JUB)
Genesis 43:8–10
8 And 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. 9 I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set h…
Genesis 42:36–38
36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!” 37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to yo…
Book of Jubilees 42:17–19
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Genesis 44:21–23
21 Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’ 22 So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’ 23 But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down wit…
Genesis 43:13–15
13 Take your brother as well, and return to the man at once. 14 May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.” 15 So the men took these gifts, along with double th…
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2 So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.” 3 But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’ 4 If yo…
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7 If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions. 8 Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me y…
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