Genesis 44:33

33 Therefore I, thy servant, will stay instead of the boy in the service of my lord, and let the boy go up with his brethren.

Genesis 44:33 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 44:33

Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of
the lad a bondman to my lord
Being, as Jarchi observes preferable to Benjamin for strength, for war, and for service: in this Judah was a type of Christ, from whose tribe he sprung, who became the surety of God's Benjamins, his children who are beloved by him, and as dear to him as his right hand, and put himself in their legal place and stead, and became sin and a curse for them, that they might go free, as Judah desired his brother Benjamin might, as follows: and let the lad go up with his brethren;
from Egypt to Canaan's land, to their father there.

Genesis 44:33 In-Context

31 And he shall see that he is not with us, he will die, and thy servants shall bring down his grey hairs with sorrow unto hell.

32 Let me be thy proper servant, who took him into my trust, and promised, saying: If I bring him not again, I will be guilty of sin against my father for ever.

33 Therefore I, thy servant, will stay instead of the boy in the service of my lord, and let the boy go up with his brethren.

34 For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I be a witness of the calamity that will oppress my father.