Genesis 44:33-34
EasyEnglish Bible
33 Please sir, let me stay here as your slave, instead of the boy. Let the boy return home with his brothers. 34 I cannot go back to my father if the boy is not with me. I never want to see how upset my father would be.’[a]
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- 44:34 In chapter 44, Joseph wants to see if his brothers have changed. Will they leave Benjamin in Egypt, so that they can return to Canaan? Judah shows that he has changed. He says that he will stay in Egypt, as a slave. He will stay so that Benjamin can go home to his father.
Genesis 44:33-34
New International Version
33 “Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave(A) in place of the boy,(B) and let the boy return with his brothers. 34 How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery(C) that would come on my father.”(D)
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