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BI Gen 44:32 ©

OET (OET-RV)But your servant guaranteed the young man to my father, saying, ‘If I don’t get him back to you, then I will have sinned against my father all my life.’

OET-LVDOM servant_your he_stood_surety_for DOM the_boy for_to father_my to_say if not bring_back_him to_you and_bear_the_blame before_father_my all the_days.

UHBכִּ֤י עַבְדְּ⁠ךָ֙ עָרַ֣ב אֶת־הַ⁠נַּ֔עַר מֵ⁠עִ֥ם אָבִ֖⁠י לֵ⁠אמֹ֑ר אִם־לֹ֤א אֲבִיאֶ֨⁠נּוּ֙ אֵלֶ֔י⁠ךָ וְ⁠חָטָ֥אתִי לְ⁠אָבִ֖⁠י כָּל־הַ⁠יָּמִֽים׃ 
   (ⱪiy ˊaⱱddə⁠kā ˊāraⱱ ʼet-ha⁠nnaˊar mē⁠ˊim ʼāⱱi⁠y lē⁠ʼmor ʼim-loʼ ʼₐⱱīʼe⁠nnū ʼēley⁠kā və⁠ḩāţāʼtī lə⁠ʼāⱱi⁠y ⱪāl-ha⁠yyāmiym.)

Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT For your servant guaranteed the young man to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will have sinned against my father all the days.’

UST Besides that, sir, I promised my father that I would return his son to him safely. I told him that if I did not bring his son back to him, I would be guilty of sinning against him forever.


BSB Indeed, 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.’

OEB Indeed, my lord, I personally became surety for the boy to my father, when I said, “If I do not bring him to you, then I will bear the blame in my father’s eyes forever.”

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.’

NET Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’

LSV for your servant obtained the youth by guarantee to my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you—then I have sinned against my father all the days.

FBV In fact I gave myself as the guarantee for the boy to my father. I told him, ‘If I don't bring him back to you, then I will always carry the blame!’

T4T I guaranteed/promised to my father that the boy would return safely. I told him, ‘You can require me to do what I am promising. If I do not bring him back to you, you can say forever that I am to blame/it is my fault► for not bringing him back to you.’

LEB For your servant is pledged as surety for the boy by my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you, then I shall be culpable to my father forever.

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.

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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.

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.

DRA 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.

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.

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.

RV 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.

KJB 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.
  (For thy/your 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. )

BB For I thy seruaunt became suretie for the lad before my father, and saide: If I bryng hym not vnto thee agayne, I shal beare the blame vnto my father all my lyfe long.
  (For I thy/your servant became suretie for the lad before my father, and said: If I bring him not unto thee again, I shall bear the blame unto my father all my life long.)

GNV Doubtlesse thy seruant became suertie for the childe to my father, and said, If I bring him not vnto thee againe, then I will beare the blame vnto my father for euer.
  (Doubtlesse thy/your servant became suertie for the childe to my father, and said, If I bring him not unto thee again, then I will bear the blame unto my father forever. )

CB For I thy seruaunt became suertye for the lad vnto my father, and sayde: yf I brynge him not agayne, I will beare the blame all my lyfe longe.
  (For I thy/your servant became suertye for the lad unto my father, and said: if I bring him not again, I will bear the blame all my life longe.)

WYC Be Y propirli thi seruaunt, which resseyuede this child on my feith, and bihiyte, and seide, If Y schal not brynge ayen hym, Y schal be gilti of synne ayens my fadir in al tyme;
  (Be I propirli thy/your servant, which received this child on my faith, and bihiyte, and said, If I shall not bring ayen him, I shall be gilti of sin against my father in all time;)

LUT Denn ich, dein Knecht, bin Bürge worden für den Knaben gegen meinen Vater und sprach: Bringe ich ihn dir nicht wieder, so will ich mein Leben lang die Schuld tragen.
  (Because ich, your Knecht, bin Bürge worden for the Knaben gegen my father and spoke: Bringe I him/it you not again, so will I my life lang the Schuld tragen.)

CLV Ego proprie servus tuus sim qui in meam hunc recepi fidem, et spopondi dicens: Nisi reduxero eum, peccati reus ero in patrem meum omni tempore.
  (I proprie servus tuus sim who in meam this_one recepi fidem, and spopondi dicens: Nisi reduxero him, peccati guilty ero in patrem mine all tempore. )

BRN For thy servant has received the boy in charge from his father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, and place him before thee, I shall be guilty towards my father for ever.

BrLXX Ὁ γὰρ παῖς σου παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκδέδεκται τὸ παιδίον, λέγων, ἐὰν μὴ ἀγάγω αὐτὸν πρὸς σὲ, καὶ στήσω αὐτὸν ἐνώπιόν σου, ἡμαρτηκὼς ἔσομαι εἰς τὸν πατέρα πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας.
  (Ho gar pais sou para tou patros ekdedektai to paidion, legōn, ean maʸ agagō auton pros se, kai staʸsō auton enōpion sou, haʸmartaʸkōs esomai eis ton patera pasas tas haʸmeras. )


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

44:1-34 The brothers appeared to have changed; they had shown remorse over what they had done to Joseph, and they showed integrity in returning the money and in bringing Benjamin. Given a chance to get rid of Rachel’s other son, Benjamin, would they do it?


UTNuW Translation Notes:

כִּ֤י עַבְדְּ⁠ךָ֙ עָרַ֣ב אֶת הַ⁠נַּ֔עַר מֵ⁠עִ֥ם אָבִ֖⁠י לֵ⁠אמֹ֑ר

that/for/because/then/when servant,your became_surety DOM the,boy for,to father,my to=say

See how you translated the verb “guarantee” in Gen 43:9. Alternate translation: “Besides that, sir, I guaranteed my father that I would return his son to him safely. I told him that”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

אִם לֹ֤א אֲבִיאֶ֨⁠נּוּ֙ אֵלֶ֔י⁠ךָ

if not bring_~_back,him to,you

Consider whether it is better in your language to translate this embedded quote as a direct or indirect quote.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

וְ⁠חָטָ֥אתִי לְ⁠אָבִ֖⁠י

and,bear_the_blame before,father,my

See how you translated a similar clause in Gen 43:9. Alternate translation: “then this would be a terrible sin against him”

כָּל הַ⁠יָּמִֽים

all/each/any/every the=days

Be consistent here with your choice in Gen 43:9. Alternate translation: “all the days of my life.” or “for the rest of my life.”

BI Gen 44:32 ©