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OET (OET-LV) If/because 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.
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.’
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.”
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?
OET (OET-LV) If/because 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.
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.’
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.