Genesis 44:32

English Standard Version 2016

For your servant became a pledge of safety for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.’

Cross References

Genesis 43:16

When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal and make ready, for the men are to dine with me at noon.”

Genesis 44:33

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.