Genesis 43:9

New Living Translation

I personally guarantee his safety. You may hold me responsible if I don’t bring him back to you. Then let me bear the blame forever.

Cross References

Genesis 31:39

If any were attacked and killed by wild animals, I never showed you the carcass and asked you to reduce the count of your flock. No, I took the loss myself! You made me pay for every stolen animal, whether it was taken in broad daylight or in the dark of night.

Genesis 42:37

Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I don’t bring Benjamin back to you. I’ll be responsible for him, and I promise to bring him back.”

Genesis 43:10

If we hadn’t wasted all this time, we could have gone and returned twice by now.”

Genesis 9:5

“And I will require the blood of anyone who takes another person’s life. If a wild animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human must die.

2 Samuel 14:9

“Oh, thank you, my lord the king,” the woman from Tekoa replied. “If you are criticized for helping me, let the blame fall on me and on my father’s house, and let the king and his throne be innocent.”

1 Kings 1:21

If you do not act, my son Solomon and I will be treated as criminals as soon as my lord the king has died.”

Job 17:3

“You must defend my innocence, O God, since no one else will stand up for me.

Psalm 119:122

Please guarantee a blessing for me. Don’t let the arrogant oppress me!

Ezekiel 3:18

If I warn the wicked, saying, ‘You are under the penalty of death,’ but you fail to deliver the warning, they will die in their sins. And I will hold you responsible for their deaths.

Ezekiel 3:20

“If righteous people turn away from their righteous behavior and ignore the obstacles I put in their way, they will die. And if you do not warn them, they will die in their sins. None of their righteous acts will be remembered, and I will hold you responsible for their deaths.

Ezekiel 33:6

But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn’t sound the alarm to warn the people, he is responsible for their captivity. They will die in their sins, but I will hold the watchman responsible for their deaths.’

Ezekiel 33:8

If I announce that some wicked people are sure to die and you fail to tell them to change their ways, then they will die in their sins, and I will hold you responsible for their deaths.

Luke 11:50

“As a result, this generation will be held responsible for the murder of all God’s prophets from the creation of the world—

Hebrews 7:22

Because of this oath, Jesus is the one who guarantees this better covenant with God.