Genesis 44:33

33 “Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.

Genesis 44:33 in Other Translations

KJV
33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
ESV
33 Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the boy as a servant to my lord, and let the boy go back with his brothers.
NLT
33 “So please, my lord, let me stay here as a slave instead of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.
MSG
33 "So let me stay here as your slave, not this boy. Let the boy go back with his brothers.
CSB
33 Now please let your servant remain here as my lord's slave, in place of the boy. Let him go back with his brothers.

Genesis 44:33 In-Context

31 sees that the boy isn’t there, he will die. Your servants will bring the gray head of our father down to the grave in sorrow.
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!’
33 “Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy, 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 that would come on my father.”

Cross References 2

  • 1. S ver 10; S Genesis 43:18
  • 2. John 15:13
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