Genesis 44:32 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³² 3 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³² For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² For your servant became security for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.

American Standard Version (1901)

³² For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever.

Common English Bible

³² I, your servant, guaranteed the young man’s safety to my father, telling him, ‘If I don’t bring him back to you, it will be my fault forever.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² Let me be your very own servant, for I accepted this one into my trust, and I promised, saying: 'Unless I lead him back, I will be guilty of a sin against my father for all time.'

Genesis 44:32 Cross References

Genesis 44:33

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