Study it in the app“I will be surety for him; from my hand you may require him. If I do not bring him to you and set him before you, then I will have sinned against you for all time.”
Iאָנֹכִיwill be surety for him;אֶעֶרְבֶנּוּfrom my handמִיָּדִיyou may require him.תְּבַקְשֶׁנּוּIfאִםI do notלֹאbring himהֲבִיאֹתִיוto youאֵלֶיךָand set himוְהִצַּגְתִּיוbefore you,לְפָנֶיךָthen I will have sinnedוְחָטָאתִיagainst youלְךָfor all time.כָּל הַיָּמִים
be surety
To guarantee another's debt.
Where else “eerve” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appearsrequire
To hold someone answerable.
Where else “tevakshe” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havioti” appearsset, place
Set, place, leave in position.
Where else “hitsagti” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatati” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears8Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the young man with me, and we will get up and go, so that we may live and not die, both we and you and our little ones.
9 · This verse (above)
10For if we had not delayed, by now we would have returned twice.”
1. What it says
What did Judah ask of Jacob about Benjamin (vv. 8-10)?
2. What it means
What does Judah mean by “I will be surety for him” and “I will have sinned against you for all time” (v. 9)?
3. How I live it
How can you take responsibility for someone in your family?
