Genesis 44:33

Genesis 44:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the boy as a servant to my lord, and let the boy go back with his brothers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.

Context of Genesis 44:33

31sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow. 32Indeed, 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.’ Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers. 34For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”

Genesis 44:33 word by word

וְעַתָּ֗ה יֵֽשֶׁב־נָ֤א עַבְדְּךָ֙ תַּ֣חַת הַנַּ֔עַר עֶ֖בֶד לַֽאדֹנִ֑י וְהַנַּ֖עַר יַ֥עַל עִם־אֶחָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• Nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• pleaseנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• let your servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• stay hereיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• as my lord’sאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• as my lord’sנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• in place ofתַּחַתtachath · underneath: insteadH8478
• Let him returnעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• withעִם‛im · withH5973
• his brothersאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251

Cross-references for Genesis 44:33

• Exodus 32:32Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”
• Romans 5:7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
• Romans 9:3For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
• Hebrews 7:22Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
• 1 John 3:16By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

Commentaries on Genesis 44:33

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-34Verses 1-34 - The Ten Brothers Were Tested Joseph has had the satisfaction of seeing his brother Benjamin safe and well. He has heard his brothers acknowledging their guilt concerning himself. He resolves to put their attachment to Benjamin, and the genuineness of their change of disposition, to a test that will at the same time expose Benjamin to no hazard. Genesis 44:1-5 And my cup. - Besides returning each man‘s money as before, a silver cup of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-34Verses 18-34 Had Joseph been, as Judah supposed him, an utter stranger to the family, he could not but be wrought upon by his powerful reasonings. But neither Jacob nor Benjamin need an intercessor with Joseph; for he himself loved them. Judah's faithful cleaving to Benjamin, now, in his distress, was recompensed long afterwards by the tribe of Benjamin keeping with the tribe of Judah, when the other tribes deserted it. The apostle, when discoursing of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-34Judah was willing to give up his family, his future, and his freedom for others.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-3416-34. Judah said, What shall we say?--This address needs no comment--consisting at first of short, broken sentences, as if, under the overwhelming force of the speaker's emotions, his utterance were choked, it becomes more free and copious by the effort of speaking, as he proceeds. Every word finds its way to the heart; and it may well be imagined that Benjamin, who stood there speechless like a victim about to be laid on the altar, when he heard the…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 44:33

• Children
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Commentaries on Genesis 44

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings