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Genesis 43:9

I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.

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ASV

I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

KJV

I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אָֽנֹכִי֙'a.no.KhiIH595 →
אֶֽעֶרְבֶ֔נּוּ'e.'er.Ve.nuI will stand surety for himH6148 →
מִיָּדִ֖יmi.ya.Difrom hand myH3027 →
תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נּוּte.vak.She.nuyou will require himH1245 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
לֹ֨אlo'notH3808 →
הֲבִיאֹתִ֤יוha.vi.'o.TivI have brought himH935 →
אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙'e.Lei.khato youH413 →
וְהִצַּגְתִּ֣יוve.hi.tzag.Tivand I will set himH3322 →
לְפָנֶ֔יךָle.fa.Nei.kha<to> before youH6440 →
וְחָטָ֥אתִֽיve.cha.Ta.tiand I will be culpableH2398 →
לְךָ֖le.Khato you
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הַיָּמִֽים׃hai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117 →

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Proverbs 6:1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,Genesis 42:37Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”Genesis 44:32–33Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’Hebrews 7:22Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.Philemon 1:18–19But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.Genesis 27:13His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”Job 17:3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?Ezekiel 33:6But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’Ezekiel 3:18If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.Ezekiel 3:20Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.Psalms 119:122Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.Ezekiel 33:8If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.Genesis 9:5And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:Genesis 31:39I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.1 Kings 1:21Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”Luke 11:50As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,

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