“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.”
Your servant guaranteed the boy's safety to my father. I said, if I do not bring him back to you, I will bear the blame before you, my father, all my life! Judah's personal guarantee — I will bear the blame all my life — is the offer of himself as surety that he made in Genesis 43:9. He is now calling on that guarantee before the governor. The application: the person who guaranteed another's safety and is now standing in the moment when the guarantee must be honored is the person who shows whether the guarantee was meant or merely spoken.
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