The steward replied, ‘What you have said is right, but only the one who is found to have it will be my slave, and the rest of you will be blameless.’
Genesis 44:33 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave, in place of the boy. Let him go back with his brothers. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
The steward replied, ‘What you have said is right, but only the one who is found to have it will be my slave, and the rest of you will be blameless.’
Your servant became accountable to my father for the boy, saying, “If I do not return him to you, I will always bear the guilt for sinning against you, my father.”
For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the grief that would overwhelm my father.’
When David saw the angel striking the people, he said to the Lord, ‘Look, I am the one who has sinned; I am the one who has done wrong. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let your hand be against me and my father’s family.’
Now if you would only forgive their sin. But if not, please erase me from the book you have written.’
For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the benefit of my brothers and sisters, my own flesh and blood.
Because of this oath, Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant.
This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.