Genesis 43 · Verse 9

Genesis 43:9

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:
Genesis 43:9, King James Version

Genesis 43:9 in other translations

BSBI 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.
WEBI’ll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don’t bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever;
ASVI 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:
YLTI--I am surety for him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee--then I have sinned against thee all the days;
DARBYI will be surety for him: of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thy face, then shall I be guilty toward thee for ever.
BBEPut him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.
WebsterI will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

What does Genesis 43:9 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Let me bear the blame for ever - וחטאתי לך כל הימים - re vechatathi lecha col haiyamim, then shall I sin against thee all my days, and consequently be liable to punishment for violating my faith.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 43:1-14

Jacob urges his sons to go and buy a little food; now, in time of dearth, a little must suffice. Judah urges that Benjamin should go with them. It is not against the honour and duty children owe their parents, humbly to advise them, and when needful, to reason with them. Jacob saw the necessity of the case, and yielded. His prudence and justice appeared in three things. 1. He sent back the money they had found in…

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Genesis 43:9 in the original Hebrew

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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

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 43:9

  • Genesis 42:37

    And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

  • Hebrews 7:22

    By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

  • Philemon 1:18-19

    If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account; I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.

  • Genesis 44:32-33

    For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 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.

  • Genesis 31:39

    That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

  • Psalms 119:122

    Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

  • Genesis 9:5

    And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.

  • Ezekiel 3:18

    When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

  • Ezekiel 33:6

    But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.

  • Job 17:3

    Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

  • Ezekiel 33:8

    When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

  • 1 Kings 1:21

    Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
will be.
42:37; 44:32,33; 1Ki 1:21; Job 17:3; Ps 119:122; Phm 1:18,19
Heb 7:22
of my hand.
9:5; 31:39; Eze 3:18,20; 33:6,8; Lu 11:50

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Context

  • Genesis 43:8

    And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

  • Genesis 43:9

    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:

  • Genesis 43:10

    For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.

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Genesis 43:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Yo lo fío; á mí me pedirás cuenta de él: si yo no te lo volviere y lo pusiere delante de ti, seré para ti el culpante todos los días:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Moi, je réponds de lui; tu le redemanderas de ma main. Si je ne te le ramène, et si je ne le présente devant ta face, je serai tous mes jours coupable envers toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich will Bürge für ihn sein, von meiner Hand sollst du ihn fordern; wenn ich ihn nicht zu dir bringe und ihn vor dein Angesicht stelle, so will ich alle Tage gegen dich gesündigt haben;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ego suscipio puerum: de manu mea require illum: nisi reduxero, et reddidero eum tibi, ero peccati reus in te omni tempore.