THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
I pledged such a promise to my father, that I would bring the boy to fulfill your purpose, thereby demonstrating that we conveyed the truth to you and that our words contained no deception.
Genesis 44:32Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Let me be thy proper servant, who took him into my trust, and promised, saying: If I bring him not again, I will be guilty of sin against my father for ever.
כִּ֤י עַבְדְּךָ֙ עָרַ֣ב אֶת־הַנַּ֔עַר מֵעִ֥ם אָבִ֖י לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־לֹ֤א אֲבִיאֶ֙נּוּ֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְחָטָ֥אתִי לְאָבִ֖י כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 43:16And when he had seen them, and Benjamin with them, he commanded the steward of his house, saying: Bring in the men into the house, and kill victims, and prepare a feast: because they shall eat with me at noon.
- Gen 43:8And Juda said to his father: Send the boy with me, that we may set forward, and may live: lest both we and our children perish.
- Gen 43:9I take the boy upon me, require him at my hand: unless I bring him again, and restore him to thee, I will be guilty of sin against thee for ever.