Genesis 44:32
Parallel Translations


NASB: "For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him [back] to you, then let me bear the blame before my father forever.' (NASB ©1995)
GWT: "I guaranteed my father that the boy would come back. I said, 'If I don't bring him back to you, then you can blame me the rest of my life, Father.' (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: 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.
ASV: For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever.
BBE: For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.
DBY: For thy servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, then I shall be guilty toward my father all my days.
JPS: For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying: If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever.
WBS: For thy servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, then I will bear the blame to my father for ever.
WEB: For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying,'If I don't bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.'
YLT: for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee -- then I have sinned against my father all the days.

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