He said, “Let it be as you say: he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and the rest of you shall be blameless.”
Genesis 44:33 - Revised Standard Version Now therefore, let your servant, I pray you, remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord; and let the lad go back with his brothers. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant remain instead of the youth [to be] a slave to my lord, and let the young man go home with his [half] brothers. American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. Common English Bible Now, please let your servant stay as your slave instead of the young man so that he can go back with his brothers. Catholic Public Domain Version And so I, your servant, will remain in place of the boy, in ministry to my lord, and then let the boy go up with his brothers. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
He said, “Let it be as you say: he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and the rest of you shall be blameless.”
For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame in the sight of my father all my life.’
For how can I go back to my father if the lad is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would come upon my father.”
Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel who was smiting the people, and said, “Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me and against my father's house.”
But now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.”
For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen by race.
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.