The servant said, “We will do as you say. {But I will not kill the man.} If I find the silver cup, then that man will be my slave. The others will be free.”
Genesis 44:33 - Easy To Read Version So now I beg you, please let the boy go back with his brothers. And I will stay and be your slave. 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 servant said, “We will do as you say. {But I will not kill the man.} If I find the silver cup, then that man will be my slave. The others will be free.”
“I took responsibility for the young boy. I told my father, ‘If I don’t bring him back to you, then you can blame me all my life.’
I can’t go back to my father if the boy is not with me. I am very afraid of what would happen to my father.”
David saw the angel that killed the people. David spoke to the Lord. David said, “I sinned! I did wrong! And these people only did what I told them—they only followed me like sheep. They did nothing wrong. Please let your punishment be against me and my father’s family.”
Now, forgive them of this sin! If you will not forgive them, then erase my name from the book [330] you have written.”
They are my brothers and sisters, my earthly family. I wish I could help them. I would even have a curse on me and cut myself off from Christ if that would help them.
So this means that Jesus is the guarantee of a better agreement {\cf2\super [72]} \{from God to his people\}.
This is how we know what real love is: Jesus gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers and sisters \{in Christ\}.