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Genesis 44:33 KJV
Genesis · chapter 44 · verse 33
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 44:33 · King James Version
Genesis 44:33 in context
31It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
32For 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.
33Now 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.
34For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- servantʻebeda servantH5650 →
- abideyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- lordʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
- ladnaʻara boy , from the age of infancy to adolescenceH5288 →
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We have here a most ingenious and pathetic speech which Judah made to Joseph on Benjamin's behalf, to obtain his discharge from the sentence passed upon him. Perhaps Judah was a better friend to Benjamin than the rest were, and more solicitous to bring him off;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-34